The seller was Adam Cai of Pristine Collectibles, and CGC notes it broke various records for cards it has previously certified, including "a 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle Type 1 graded CGC 8 that realized $1,253,185 in a SCP Auction in December 2022." "This is one of the most amazing Alpha Black Lotuses I've ever seen," said Cai, perhaps unsurprisingly
They deal damage whenever one or more counters are placed on a creature you control, so modulars combination of an initial burst of counters and death trigger means you can burn out your enemies quickly
Scion of Calamity In a format with lots of big, flashy plays, it can be challenging to find room for interactive spells
Chew on that for a bit
5 Quicksilver Amulet Another card similar to Descendants Path but without the creature type restriction is Quicksilver Amulet
The deck: Dice Roll Tribal Comparative Analysis 34 Lands 16 Ramp : Journey to the Lost City, Arcane Signet, Sol Ring, Rishkars Expertise, Reckless Endeavor, Bloomvine Regent, Encroaching Dragonstorm, Wild Endeavor, Component Pouch, Ebony Fly, Rampant Growth, Hoarding Ogre, Dragons Hoard, Druid of the Emerald Grove, Vexing Puzzlebox, Mosswort Bridge 11 Target Removal : Slight Malfunction, Staff of Nin (ping), Spit Flame, Aether Flash, Parapet Thrasher, Spikefield Hazard (ping), Warstorm Surge, Where Ancients Tread, Underdark Rift, Desert (ping), Stump Stomp 5 Board Wipes : Thunderwave, Harbinger of the Hunt, Pyrohemia, Draconic Intervention, Reckless Endeavor 4 Graveyard Recursion : Pair o Dice Lost, Song of Inspiration, The Deck of Many Things, Spit Flame (self-recursion) 2 Graveyard Hate : Return to Nature, Scavenger Grounds 1 Tutors : Vexing Puzzlebox 4 Protection : Wylls Reversal, Anara, Wolvid Familiar, Darksteel Plate, Mithril Coat 12 Card Draw : Priority Boarding, Outpost Siege, Return of the Wildspeaker, Rishkars Expertise, Shamanic Revelation, Garruks Uprising, Colossal Majesty, The Deck of Many Things, Dragonborn Champion, Staff of Nin, Dragons Hoard, Parapet Thrasher 8 Finishers/ Surprise /Alternate win conditions : Gratuitous Violence, Thrakkus the Butcher, Overwhelming Encounter, Atarka, World Render, Return of the Wildspeaker, Pyrohemia, Stalking Vengeance, Collective Inferno As we see form the comparative analysis, the rates per category are very good
