While protection is always nice, especially from black to avoid targeted removal, this swords combat damage trigger is a little more niche than some of its counterparts
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This is different from simply asking how fast does your deck draw cards, since you dont necessarily need to draw all the cards in between your top card and the target card
Portent looks at the cards now but draws a card on the next turn, which leads to a lot of spicy Terminus flips on your opponents upkeep
In parallel, there is another layer of demand driven by factors outside of gameplay: cards sought after for collecting , for being illustrated by a particular artist, for being a misprint , or for being part of a cycle