This allowed Soldevi Sage to shine, since it had ample time to dig through your library for your best cards/answers to your opponent's problems
The starting player skips their first-turn draw (Comprehensive Rule 103.8a), so on the play you have seen 7 + (turn 1) cards by a given turn, while on the draw you have seen 7 + turn one more, because you draw every turn
The pokes, prods, and small attacks that happen throughout the game are all part of the chipping
Japanese versions had a glossy surface and all languages had a white rarity symbol (, , ) image343478 76.7 KB image180254 22.3 KB image180251 25 KB Platinum era Shinies Part of the "SH" Subset in TPCI sets from Stormfront to Arceus, they were always a fully foil card (mirror foil in TPCI and a glossy surface with a star foil pattern in Japan)
The floor on Mystic Confluence is drawing three cardsessentially a Jace's Ingenuitywhile the ceiling is a three-for-one when you can Mana Leak an important spell, bounce one of your opponent's creatures (or even your own Snapcaster Mage), and draw a card along the way for good measure