Im not sure why youd go to the trouble instead of just playing hard removal, but Im sure someones out there doing it
If you have the mana, transforming it into Rona, Tolarian Obliterator turns it into a punisher that steals cards or lands from anyone that damages it
The next time we would see numerical norm breaking was with the release of the The New Norm Looking at more recent sets, such as the Lord of the Rings Holiday Release or Weve seen that reducing the number of serialized cards frequently increases their overall price less is more in the collectibles world, afterall but whether or not this rises to the same degree of prominence as what we saw experimented with via the Praetors in March of the Machine is yet to be seen
Websites like eBay, TCGPlayer, and even Ozzie Collectables offer a wealth of resources and price guides that can help you determine the going rates for specific cards
That reputation is the likeliest explanation for the Japanese comp behaving differently from its peers: cards that sell on their image tend to resist the post-launch fade that hits cards selling on hype
