Commander adopted these at the helm and within decks, further pushing for tight mana curves and pay off spells that normally took the form of creatures
Even though Effigy isn't a creature, it still gets any relevant enter-the-battlefield effects and static abilities from whatever it copies
Alternatively, you could play Sheriff of Nottingham, Corrupt Official with Simba, Fighting Prince - whose ability, Step Down or Fight, gives players the option to draw two cards and discard two cards whenever they banish another character in a challenge, or The Queen, Disguised Peddler, which allows you to tap it to discard a character to gain lore equal to the amount of lore that character can gain
The idea, they explained via press releases and blog posts, was to convey the experience of the card game as closely as possible via a computer, complete with a collection element, regular tournaments, and much of the original art
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