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Whenever he deals combat damage to a player, you put a +1/+1 counter on him

and Recurring Nightmare enables some super-powerful loops from the graveyard

This card began its TCG career hovering around the $100 mark, but once its pull rate was revealed to be much lower than the Pikachu ex Special Illustration Rare from Surging Sparks, this card began to skyrocket

The ability to keep your spells safely in exile for when you need them most makes for an interesting mechanic to build around

For example, completed Sage, Tamiyo and other Planeswalker spells require colored mana in addition to the mana cost to prevent violation of the color pie, and if you pay the Phyrexian mana portion with life points, there is an additional penalty of having two fewer loyalty counters