Reanimate, Life/Death, and good old fashioned attacks from your opponents can put a strain on your life total, so having an option for mitigation can get you through some tough spots
Maybe youre thinking about collecting the cards and selling them later
It also works perfectly as a commander of a Zombie-based army arguably the best, in fact
Deveney says they wanted to stick close to what fans would expect from its pixel art sprites and limited concept art while also expanding upon them, and hopes that the character designs should feel like how you remember them, despite being a hybridization of many different references and new ideas. To help accomplish that, WOTC even consulted directly with the Final Fantasy 6 team as they updated these character to the standards needed for Magic art
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