As always, in MTG sets that are not purely designed for Modern play, the cards we get for it might be either strictly better upgrades of already existing cards or new enablers/payoffs for existing archetypes
Unfortunately, however, despite reprints of Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer and Atraxa, Praetors Voice, many MTG players arent entirely happy with the offerings
Thats a lot of mana to commit at any point in the game, and since the effect is open information, your opponent can do a surprising number of things to prevent you from paying the mana
1 Traditional foil common or uncommon retro frame card or full-art Snow-Covered Wastes The same card selection and drop rates as the slot above, done in traditional foil 1 Traditional foil rare or mythic rare, including DFCs and new-to-Modern cards Here you can get any of the 60 MH3 rares (66.7%), 15 MH3 mythic rares (8.3%), 5 MH3 DFC mythic rares (2.8%), 18 MH3 new-to-Modern rares (20%), or 4 MH3 new-to-Modern mythic rares (2.2%)
The Illustrator card is the only card with the unique pen symbol in the bottom right corner and it also features a double-star rarity
Even in black decks, you can cast it for less than 3 mana when needed
