(11/8/2024) To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions
Of course, a dedicated Etrata deck will usually have even better ways to cheat this downside: phasing or flickering her out of play before the shuffle, attacking with copies of the original or copying the trigger itself, or even destroying the target with some other assassin in response to fizzle the shuffle
In these scenarios, its often the case that set designers simply ask for a refresh or update on a previous card from a new artist, which we see in this set quite a few times
While Ravages of War is an incredible, impactful, infuriating card, MTG Fallout players wont be able to find it within any of the sets Commander decks
Fleeting Memories: interesting