I found it very interesting just how much more of an understanding I got of the whole enterprise by playing it with my own hands and tables
That isnt strictly fair to Tribute Mages utility though
Businesses, buildings, and land you own are lost in a way that alters reality the least
Ramp can appear in different shapes and forms: Land-Based Ramp (Cultivate, Rampant Growth) Mana Dorks (Llanowar Elves, Bugenhagen, Wise Elder) Mana Rocks (Mind Stone, Basalt Monolith) Treasure-Makers and other artifact token producers (Smothering Tithe, Sarinth Greatwurm) Extra land drops (Exploration, Exploration Broodship) Land Recursion (Crucible of Worlds, Aftermath Analyst) Rituals (Dark Ritual, Mana Geyser) Cost Reduction (Honest Rutstein, Stormcatch Mentor) Eldrazi Spawn & Scion producers (Eldrazi Skyspawner, Kozilek's Predator) Mana Doublers (Mirari's Wake, Groundchuck & Dirtbag) Temporary mana abilities (firebending) This ranking will cover many of these forms of ramp, but will leave some more specific ones like Treasure-makers to their own separate list
23 Rocket's Mewtwo Gym Challenge Market Price: $213.12 Now, this is the kind of card that one can guess would be extremely valuable just by its name
Eventually, Tempest gave mono-red players access to one-drops the likes of which had never been seen before