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Gates can shine when you build around them with gate synergies

Back in the day, a set with more than 150 cards used to be considered quite the chonker - but if you check out our full list of card totals below, you'll quickly notice it became the norm, from around 2018 onwards, for each new main set to add over 200 unique cards

Provides a +1/+1 boost for each Aura and Equipment attached, enhancing your creature's combat effectiveness

having that translate to power can be superb

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