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So while Meddling Mage may not win you the game on its own, it is an important (and affordable) tool that will increase your odds greatly

With fewer foils per pack and less data from others on just foils, the data to work with is a little looser for them

Just getting something with a useful energy ETB is often enough to really start rolling, as even copying a Conduit Goblin nets you 4 energy

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Of course, this can be turned into an upside with a death trigger, but its still a definite cost, which is a lot for a one-off effect