Most of the time its about a lot of people being here
It is an instant that costs two blue mana, it counters a spell, and, at the beginning of your next main phase, you get an amount of colorless mana equal to the countered spell's mana cost
I might be able to see this perspective if the only counterfeiting problem involved dual lands, Power Nine cards, and other absurdly expensive, unreprintable Reserved List cards, but the demand for counterfeit Standard cards, $15 Commander cards, and Pauper staples works against the argument that the fake card problem is just about $600 Underground Seas and $2,500 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vales
Her father, Braska, brought about the last Calm a decade before the start of the game by defeating Sin, a seemingly immortal and monstrous entity that routinely destroys cities and reshapes Spira through fear
For example, starting with a two-drop Ichor Wellspring you can get a three-drop like Chromatic Lantern if you need to smooth your mana or a combo piece like Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar or Crucible of Worlds