pokemon riolu card POKÉMON GAME S9 054/100 C Pokémon Hit Points70 HP Form Riolu (B3-079) — Pokémon TCG

Scry 2 is more than twice as good as scry 1 and just exactly what you want to be doing as a control player

That meant we really only had "boy king" and mummy to work with, so we ended up making him a commander for embalm, putting him into the two colors that focused on the mechanic

All of that to say, more colour-intense mana costs have more of a role to play in card design than just to indicate a card's relative power, although it is fun when WotC does print a particular card as a strong payoff for really dedicating your deck towards a particular colour

Combining the two ultimately helps create such a unique card whose rarity only heightens its value in the market, as collectors everywhere will no doubt try to get their hands on one