Once money like that enters a hobby, people show up looking to take advantage of it
Its a pseudo dusting/exchange system, minus the negative emotion tied to dusting your cards or feeling like you have to. Noxious More Downsides of Dusting Ive scoured the internet looking for concerns with a dusting system in MTGA, so lets talk about it
Should I choose to hold Aerial Boost until after the declare blockers step, my opponent is very likely to block my Alabaster Host Sanctifier with their Redcap Heelslasher, as it would ordinarily survive the damage from my creature unscathed thanks to its First Strike ability (and even without First Strike, it has more than enough toughness to boot)
Log in RULINGS 2021-06-18 To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost youre paying (such as an evoke cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions
Without kicker this would often make the cut, and with it you can kill almost anything