They represent a cruel magic being placed upon a player, to weaken them or make them some form of target
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If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), you do put counters on an artifact
Lets take a look at the average mythic price instead: Average Mythic Value Prior to Release: $49.85 $25.39 higher than Masters 25 ($24.46) $29.05 more than MM17 ($20.80) $19.85 more than Iconic Masters ($30) $8.85 more than MM15 ($41) Yeah, okay, these numbers are still pretty eye-popping
From Wizards ' perspective, this would open up a massive new stream of reprint equity, giving Wizards plenty of in-demand reprints to fill supplemental products for the next several years and probably longer, considering how much demand there is for cards like the original dual lands