(6/6/2025) To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of The Earth Crystal's first ability)
It needs both Alma Madirgal, Family Matriarch and Bruno Madrigal, Undetected Uncle at a minimum, but even when those two are included, the strategy still doesn't really come together
This time Magic takes us to Kaladesh for the Master Piece series, a collection of box toppers that took some of the most powerful artifacts from across Magics history, and gives it a remodel to make them more in line with Kaladeshs aesthetic
Mulan, Imperial General, on the other hand, allows your characters to ignore this rule