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Anytime you do choose to challenge another character, you can bring back an action card from your discard back to your hand

Wizards managed to capture both sides of the character in this incredible new flip legend

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more cards exiled with River Song's Diary, choose one of them at random

That was for a gem mint 9.5 copy - as of November 2025, the typical asking price for an Alpha copy was closer to $10k, and Revised printings go for more like $1k

Black has powerful planeswalkers that generate a resource advantage and the ability to trade cards for life, which are traits that midrange decks appreciate very much