The flexibility of being able to choose a value for X is great because we might have an early-game case of wanting (or needing) to cast it for X of one or two, or we can wait until late-game and sweep a much bigger battlefield
As detailed above, The List for BLB consists of cards from SPG.* 3 Uncommons 1 Wildcard of any rarity 1 Rare or mythic rare 1 Traditional foil of any rarity 1 Seasonal full-art basic land Spring 40% Non-foil 32%, traditional foil 8% Summer 30% Non-foil 24%, traditional foil 6% Autumn 20% Non-foil 16%, traditional foil 4% Winter 10% Non-foil 8%, traditional foil 2% 1 Non-foil token or art cardcan be any of the following: Ad/token card (65%) 54 Art cards (30%) 54 Signature art cards (5%) *Starting with Bloomburrow , de-archived cards, commonly known as The List cards, which feature the Planeswalker stamp in the bottom-left corner will no longer appear in Play Boosters
While the mana value of 4RRR is pretty exorbitant, with the right planning this card can turn one players fortune or misfortune into a devastating blow for everyone at the table but you
The only time a card referring to commanders does not target backgrounds is when it specifies commander creature , since backgrounds are enchantments and not creatures
A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid