If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the "Legend Rule" or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city's blessing before it leaves the battlefield
Its just so efficient: 1 mana for +3/+1 and trample is quite effective, but it goes much further once you factor in mechanics like prowess, or for the Commander players, effects that copy the Rage
Box EV Calculation Heres what an average Ninja Spinner box returns in card value, based on current market prices: BOX price: 10,000 Total EV: 8,873 EV ratio: 89%
You said your deck was core, but it really feels more like an optimized deck to me with how fast it was. You said your deck was a 2, but it really feels more like a 4 to me with how fast it was. To me, theres a stark tonal difference, and simply more to work with in the first statement
Yes, it takes a lot of mana to cast, but you can also immediately generate an additional 15 mana after casting it
When a card is cheaper on one marketplace than the other, that's your window