It affects: How a deck feels when you shuffle, cut, and fan it out on the table How long your cards last before edges start to fuzz How easy it is to spot marked or warped cards in a high-stakes game How easy it is for judges and players to trust that a deck of real cards behaves as it should When Wizards chooses stock, coatings, and printers, theyre balancing print quality, manufacturing cost, and how the cards hold up in the real world
He is certainly not unplayable, but stopping life gain is not that big an impact on the game, paying two life and two mana for an extra card is nowhere near as good as Underworld Connections, and that leaves us needing to consistently get the body to make him worth it
You have to fulfill all of the requirements and conditions before being able to make use of this card
Old Pokmon card booster boxes, on the other hand, can be prohibitively expensive
That small detail makes a big difference for collectors