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Bulk Up | Illustration by Warren Mahy Yes, bulk Magic cards are often worth it

From a competitive standpoint, Whispers in the Well added a ton of competition-ready cards and shook up the meta nicely following Fabled's laying the foundations and bringing in new waves of players.

However, the design of these three is great where they all fill a similar role, are similar power levels, but have some key differences, so it will be deck and meta dependent for which one is best in a given situation

Maybe once rotation happens this fall it could be another story, but for now enjoy the ease in casting this Elder Dragon

Grade: C This is a weird card to evaluate

Before Ravnica: City of Guilds first introduced shocklands in all their versatile and graceful glory, non-basic lands were the last piece of the deck-building errand