That ability means that Jafar can always be on the offensive, doing damage and earning lore as he cycles out the same set of Illusion-based characters
Other times, a card is designed with a two-for-one already built into it
When combat damage is dealt by Terra, you may pay two mana to return a creature with three or less power from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped
Sometimes, we like opening lots of packs at the same time , and when we open a lot of packs, we want to feel it
Nevertheless, Fourth Edition has several MTG staple cards and mechanics in its rooster, including: An interesting selection of old-school counterspells: besides the counterspellest of them all, Counterspell, Fourth Edition includes two color hosers (Red Elemental Blast and Blue Elemental Blast) that do double-duty as removal, and enchantments like Lifeforce that work as counterspells at interrupt speed (what would nowadays be an instant)