The reason why theyre so valuable though, is because theyre all artifacts, you can play a land and one of these Mox on your first turn, giving you access to at least two mana for free on your first turn
Im a huge Final Fantasy fan and a lapsed MTG player and I hadn't touched the game in a decade until this set came along
If you know you will be ticking up your Vial to three in short order anyway, the priority flips and Illusion is often the correct choice
As for Ravages of War, it just hasnt been legal in much, and where it is legal, its generally right to split with Armageddon in order to hedge against Cabal Therapy and Meddling Mage
Multicolor (also referred to as gold) cards can vary pretty wildly when it comes to mana ramp for a few reasons: The identities of each color on a multicolor card need to come through to some extent The more colors a card requires in its mana cost, the more powerful its effect tends to be The power level of mana ramp fluctuates wildly from card to card, especially within multicolor options While those last two points seem to work against each other at first glance, the fact of the matter is that there just arent as many multicolor cards in the MTG card pool as single color cards