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I don't actually play yu-gi-oh)Benjamin Cosman Benjamin Cosman2017-10-15 19:25:56 +00:00Commented Oct 15, 2017 at 19:25 @BenjaminCosman a more accurate definition of the graveyard would be used cards that are not in the hand or on the field anymore, and banished doesnt neccessarily mean removed from the game permanently anymore as there are lots of cards to interact with the banished zone nowadaysWhatsThePoint WhatsThePoint2017-10-18 07:18:41 +00:00Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 7:18 Makes sense, that's why I was encouraging the author to edit rather than writing an answer myself.Benjamin Cosman Benjamin Cosman2017-10-18 15:01:46 +00:00Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 15:01 @BenjaminCosman i know, i was just making you aware considering you werent 100% on the factsWhatsThePoint WhatsThePoint2017-10-19 14:54:04 +00:00Commented Oct 19, 2017 at 14:54 Banish, in the older terms, "remove from play", is another place a card can go to besides graveyard, and can only be brought back if a card specifically says so

Crystal Vein has neither of these stipulations while still adding two generic mana, though it does come with one big catch
At worst, you're getting the 6/6 plus a bunch of damage dealt to an opponent
The dominance of combo, prominence of disruptive anti-combo decks (which often win with their own combos), and Commanders starting life and commander damage constraints, threaten the variety of viable archetypes