This means the back half can be hit by Counterspell, and is subject to other casting payment taxes and effects
Last year I was asked by Wizards of the Coast to do some Magic the Gathering card art for their upcoming animal set Bloomburrow ( I played a lot of MtG back in the mid/late 90's, so it was an honor and thrill to become a part of the fraternity of MtG illustrators
Another fun idea for the villain mechanic was one that was supposed to represent a villain monologuing - gloating to the hero about their inevitable victory
It was at this moment I remembered Pack Wars for MTG, a format where both players open a pack of MTG cards, shuffle in two lands of each basic land type and then battle one another with 15 life instead of 20, and with no mulligans
This includes a Secret Lair printing, a Special Guest printing, a White-bordered Mystery Booster printing, and a printing in the Fallout set