2023-10-13 If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost
Id rank this as a good value creature to put in an artifact deck, legends-matter deck, or in an assassins deck
(This card can attack on the turn in which it is played.) Card Set(s) -AWAKENING OF THE NEW ERA-[OP05] CARD VIEW OP04-044 | SP CARD | CHARACTER Kaido Attribute Strike Block icon 1 Type The Four Emperors/Animal Kingdom Pirates Effect [On Play] Return up to 1 Character with a cost of 8 or less and up to 1 Character with a cost of 3 or less to the owner's hand
This allows for repeatable, mana-free loyalty growth as long as you can maintain a small army of Elves
This card is played in playsets of three and the whole sky striker archetype revolves around this card
plus, the opportunity cost is low enough that you can afford to play some random silver-bullet lands like Bojuka Bog in the main deck, because the cost (entering the battlefield tapped) is so low compared to drawing a Meltdown
