mtg starter commander decks decklists The Lord Of The Rings: Tales Of Middle-Earth including a foil Magic the Gathering Starter Commander

So, lets round up and say this is worth about 1 mana

The design team was interested in something different this time around

You can get the Secret Lair Godzilla lands with a code, and those codes have been floating around online

Before returning to Dion, you'll get to destroy any permanent on the battlefield, which can include lands if your opponent has a problematic utility land

All in all, the biggest point of contention for fitting into the Magic universe is probably the fact that the plane of Middle-earth feels decidedly un- Magic

Now yes, the initial activation cost is worse, but a -1/-1 counter is so much better