Special cards, such as Level X, Ex and Legendary cards, have a silver holographic border, and never come in reverse Holo or non-holo versions
For those who havent faced it yet, Earthbending allows a player to turn a land into a 0/0 creature with haste and a stack of +1/+1 counters
There are even some linear decks that dont have a great hate card to tutor for and cant be ground down but are slow enough that you can combo goldfish them
Its one of those X spells that youre more than happy to cast for X=0, although putting some mana into it isnt a bad thing either
Granting Menace to the team on EtB is potent, and having a built-in way to bring it back to play means you can keep reusing the combat trick while ensuring the buff is never far away
Neither of the two sides is very exciting, but youll play it in decks that need consistent ramping or decks that care about it being an elemental