Now players have an extra element to think about when strategizing their attacks on opponents or plans to quest for Lore points
Which, no shade to Tifa or Aerith, but pretty much makes Yuriko the best Final Fantasy girl
Per the Hasbro-owned Wizards of the Coast, this full set release marks the beginning of a new chapter in Magics long-standing partnership with Marvel, which was amplified last year with the drop of a highly popular collection of Secret Lair cards one-off, limited time offerings that are distinguished from the main cycle of Magic cards that are regularly released
As design philosophy has changed and they have added more value to cards (including lands), card advantage has become less of a constraint, and being constrained as mana has become the games core constraint
"Dash [cost]" means "You may cast this card by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost," "If this spell's dash cost was paid, return the permanent this spell becomes to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step," and "As long as this permanent's dash cost was paid, it has haste." If you choose to pay the dash cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell
Whether its you doing it or an opponent matters little