MTGA lets me play Standard Magic on my terms
And then when Final Fantasy was here, it was like, we need to be on it, to take this on, and its where we wanted to go
Similarly, if a spell is cast without paying its mana cost, but the player did pay mana for additional costs such as from kicker or from Thorn of Amethyst, Vexing Bauble's first ability won't trigger and won't counter that spell
White does have quite alot of protection spells, so if you can build a deck well and play it safe in the early game, you can bide your time improving your board until it is nearly unstoppable
The target of Vault 87's first chapter ability only needs to be a non-Mutant when that ability is put onto the stack and when that ability resolves
The card doesn't have enough willpower to hold firm against assaults, but it doesn't need to be in play for long to accomplish its goals