(The lack of easily-readable text meant that the card was banned from Standard tournaments for two decades, before a 2019 reprint rescinded the ban - as long as the player brought along a copy of the cards official card database entry.) Despite the absence of readable text, a fairly obvious typo in the little text that does appear - the copyright information along the bottom edge of the card - makes the first printing of the Japanese card even rarer
The value of X in the activation cost of Soul Foundry's other ability is the sum of the two cards' converted mana costs
This can be a nice tempo card that you can use to close out your opponent, and thats especially true in Blue/White, which can get some extra value from the tapping
This coincides with mechanics that resist keyword compression: Sagas (with numbered chapter abilities), modal double-faced cards (effectively two cards), and adventure cards
It also comes down relatively early on turn three, which lets you get things going quickly
to be used for transporting excessive amounts of trade stock