This improves handling and helps proxies blend with real cards
Recognizing which phase you are in tells you whether a given counter is worth spending now or saving for a more important attack later, and that awareness is what turns a pile of counter cards into actual defensive skill
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(Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.) A card, spell, or permanent is an outlaw if it has the Assassin, Mercenary, Pirate, Rogue, or Warlock creature type
Im making the obvious joke about the way GameStop values trade-ins, but its obvious for a reason
Any time a creature with toxic deals combat damage to a player, that player gets a number of poison counters equal to the toxic value of that creature Check out some of the cards featuring toxic in Phyrexia: All Will Be One