magcargo pokemon card 2025 Japanese Mega Dream Ex AR Ethan's #197 CGC 10 PRISTINE on Fanatics Collect Magcargo | Vivid Voltage |

The cheap mana value and possibly high toughness make this card a nice early play for any lifegain deck

Chances are, a creature with such a beefy activated ability, no built-in protection, and no enters-the-battlefield effect wont cut it in Standard

As always, a spell's mana value is always based on the mana cost of the spell, not what you paid

Your first grading submission can seem daunting, especially if you are sending your childhood cards

--- ### 2 Sacrifice Them for Value You have many payoffs for sacrificing creatures: **Direct Damage** - Goblin Bombardment - Purphoros, God of the Forge - Impact Tremors - Zulaport Cutthroat - Goblin Sharpshooter **Card Advantage** - Skullclamp (insane with 0/1 Kobolds) - Fecundity - Grim Backwoods - Viscera Seer (filtering/scrying) **Mana/Scaling** - Prossh himself - Sakura-Tribe Elder (ramp + sacrifice synergy) --- ### 3 Win Conditions You typically win in one of these ways: **Explosive Damage Turn** - Cast Prossh make 6+ Kobolds - Purphoros / Impact Tremors triggers for massive damage - Sacrifice tokens to Goblin Bombardment or Zulaport Cutthroat - Possibly recast Prossh for even more triggers **Commander Damage** - Sacrifice all Kobolds to Prossh - Swing for lethal commander damage in one hit **Attrition Drain** - Zulaport Cutthroat + sacrifice outlet slowly drains table **Token Explosion** - Tempt with Vengeance + Purphoros can outright kill the table --- # Strengths of the Deck ### 1