A lot of balance and care goes into choosing the cost of a card, more than I can express here, but looking for similar effects on existing Magic cards can give you an idea of a fair costfor example, a ramp spell that puts two lands into play ought to cost 4 mana, per Explosive Vegetation
Not only does it gain life, but its solid stats protect your life total for cards like Serra Ascendant and Sigarda's Splendor that care about maintaining a high life total
And my self-delusion hoped that having more of part of what I wanted would lead me to getting it all
Unhinged $280.34 Mox Lotus Unhinged $139.94 Gleemax Unhinged $95.92 Necro-Impotence Unhinged $80.34 Old Fogey Unhinged $74.99 Uktabi Kong Unhinged $74.03 Form of the Squirrel Unhinged More cards by Christopher Rush $29,097.53 Black Lotus Limited Edition Beta $14,308.66 Black Lotus Unlimited Edition $12,880.60 Black Lotus Limited Edition Alpha $2,699.72 Black Lotus Collectors' Edition $1,684.47 Gauntlet of Might Limited Edition Alpha $1,624.67 Black Lotus Intl
Pharaohs Servant was the debut for Pegasus ultimate monster, Thousand-Eyes Restrict, and it also introduced era defining cards like Jinzo and Imperial Order to the game as well
