Blue mages also care about control and proving themselves the smartest, and their primary method of defending themselves is by outthinking the opponent represented in-game with countermagic that proves they held the answer before the opponent considered the threat, and card advantage that symbolizes how much the blue mage has studied
Foiling your commander is a rite of passage, and the guaranteed foil count means you're not gambling on a single foil slot like you would in Play Boosters
During the first few turns, my opponent attacked me with creatures, and now Ive landed Preacher of the Schism
Much like Kozilek and Emrakul, only 250 copies of these spectacularly illustrated borderless cards were made, and due to them being Eldrazi titans, it makes perfect sense that all of them would be worth well into the thousands
Lifecrafter's Bestiary Green has a good amount of artifact hate, but it certainly doesnt loathe this one
We root for agony, and a lot of it