While Vivi's Persistence is in the graveyard, it can be returned to its controller's hand by paying two mana whenever their commander enters play or attacks
Most modern cards, on the other hand, start out much cheaper
5 Espeon GX Eeveelutions Tend To Fetch Good Prices Estimated Value: $66.00 (Ungraded) - $170.00 (PSA 10) This glowing green jewel is pretty hard to pack
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If youre running this card as your Golgari commander, that means even if your opponent counters it the first time, you can just sacrifice the squirrels from your cast trigger to try again
The Commander community was already engaged in a group project to dig up older treasure-punishing effects before these new ones reached the printers, with posts about Magnetic Mine and Viridian Revel generating a lot of positive buzz
