Continuous protection is sweet, and even sweeter when it gives that cant be blocked by more than one creature rider
(11/10/2023) If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions
Its not particularly good, but almost any card from Alpha is going to be insanely valuable just by virtue of being from such an old set 5
The cool part about this example is that it displays a situation that shows a definitive benefit to casting a spell by the book by paying for costs during the casting process
Sure, I'm cheating, but I didn't want to have an objectively bad deck that never got its commander into play
Illustrated by: Matt Stewart Not Legal Traditional Standard Not Legal Traditional Alchemy Not Legal Traditional Explorer Rulings 2021-03-19 The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the cost of spells of the chosen type you cast