mtg tree card Lifeswapping that's a fantastic precon upgrade sees 170% price spike reveal it MTG Tree Monkey - Portal

Due to the differences in the cutting process, the backs of JP prints almost always have a thin white border around the black border

Kaladesh had compounding factors, namely that energy was a complicated new mechanic with several costs having been misjudged, but had the designers been able to easily slap colored mana costs on most of the artifacts without tradition turning them away, things could have been different

Your opponent plays a big creature, you counter it

Over the last five years, Cryptolith Rite has increased significantly in value, being propelled by EDH play and lack of reprints

Mufasa - Ruler of the King's Rock (V.2) Mufasa is the crown jewel of the "Skylight" set

Lifegain is also technically a payoff but mostly it is an incidental one, it isn't a route to victory and shouldn't be the focus of a plan