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"Replicate [cost]" means "As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay [cost] any number of times" and "When you cast this spell, if a replicate cost was paid for it, copy it for each time its replicate cost was paid

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It can also help us stabilize by giving us a big chunk of lifelink, and if it does end up in the yard through dying or being discarded we can perform a big tempo play by Encoring it out to reanimate multiple things and swing life totals by a big percentage

For example, if you run into a control deck, you might have creature removal in it which will be completely dead cards most of the time

Thanks to this past precedent, its entirely possible this new Shadowborn Apostle #688 wont be tremendously expensive

Cards such as dual lands, powerful old artifacts, and other early rares often carry value because supply is fixed while demand from collectors and older formats continues