mtg thick stock cards What is the purpose of the extra copy of the commander card in the Magic: the Gathering deck? Near Mint? Chishiro, the Shattered Blade (Thick

It has a cast trigger to Zombify, and we have ramp to enable more expensive spells, like this one

The reason for that is simple: the hexproof from the Swiftfoot Boots is more flexible than the shroud from the Lightning Greaves

This red instant works on planeswalkers loyalty abilities, too

With two activated abilities, Gideon's +2 can temporarily turn this Planeswalker into an indestructible creature (a Gideon staple), while its -9 can function as an exile-based one-sided board wipe

However, newly introduced with Foundations is the Starter Collection and Beginner Box, both clearly aimed at newer players to help them get started