Even if your opponents are keeping you from accumulating experience counters, returning creatures (especially those with lower CMC) to your hand is still quite useful
I just always found that weird
Tierlist No Rank Grade it yourself About Cloud, Planet's Champion Cloud, Planet's Champion, Legendary creature human soldier mercenary, designed by Magali Villeneuve first released in Feb, 2025 in the set Final Fantasy and was printed exactly in 3 different ways
Regular: $3.61 Extended-Art: $4.95 Promo Pack: $7.62 Pre-release Promo: $9.26 Japan Showcase: $25.99 Fracture Foil: $96.38 Regular: $0.58 Extended-Art: $0.61 Promo Pack: $1.16 Pre-release Promo: $3.33 Finish Line-Art Traditional Foil: $6.14 Japan Showcase: $16.74 Fracture Foil: $106.42 Safe to say theres a pretty huge multiplier on how much the Showcase version is worth, and an even greater divide between those and the fracture foil versions
Staff compare print layers and patterns, cross-check the green dot (yellow spot with four red dots in an L-shape, black ring), and pull fakes from circulation sometimes retaining high-quality counterfeits for staff training and future comparisons
This may not be the most popular strategy at a Commander table, but Eriette nevertheless has interested players
