Hence the name Shock lands, because Shock does two damage
Whether youre drafting, playing competitive events, or simply storing a prized deck, these sleeves check all the boxes for both durability and aesthetics
You might have a card that's extremely expensive in pristine condition, but if you left it under a couch for years and it's folded in half and dog-eared that value will begin to drop rapidly
Not only can it get forces through on the first cast (Something youll want to be doing a lot of, connecting with encoded creatures) but it can be used to blink friendly creatures to enjoy enter the battlefield effects, kill tokens, remove negative enchantments on your own creatures and beneficial ones on the opponent's line, and untapping friendly creatures to have them around to block
In modern printings of the game, the equivalent draw three spell costs a whopping 500% more mana than this OG