This should go without saying, but when youre doing analysis like this and ESPECIALLY when youre doing analysis using tools that werent designed for Magic cards specifically, youll have some quirks
Even now shadow has its uses, especially cards that grant it to other creatures
7 Secret Arcade / Dusty Parlor My Two Favorite Places Secret Arcade / Dusty Parlor has the potential to produce a lot of +1/+1 counters in a very short period of time
Sometimes I disagree with them, and sometimes I will make them aware that I disagree with them
In Lorcana, exert is used in lots of ways: You exert ink when you use it to pay a cards ink cost You exert characters when you quest , challenge , or sing Some items get exerted as a cost when they are used Some cards or characters have abilities that require them to be exerted to use them Certain actions and abilities can exert other players cards When a card is exerted, they cant take any other actions unless they are readied by an effect