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Not having enough resources to deliver more powerful cards late in the game is a risk in any TCG, but here its been especially challenging

If you've been a longtime Magic the Gathering player, or else just a longtime fan like me, then you may recall the Portal and Portal Second Age sets from the late 90s

well, assuming that hitting face somehow isnt the most optimal strategy for that specific moment

But today I'd like to quickly first step out and look at surprisingly strange, and perhaps unsettling, trivia from the mid 90s

The Fracture Foil treatment at 1% pull rates is the chase tier for this set, and Bloom Tender #400 is the clearest example of how much that foil distinction matters

This was a silver-bordered card after all