You can rely on that distinction when youre deciding how to test or sleeve up a high-dollar deck WotC gives store owners and players room to use proxies for casual or playtesting purposes, but they draw the line at sanctioned, prize-bearing competition
Ramp can appear in different shapes and forms: Land-Based Ramp (Cultivate, Rampant Growth) Mana Dorks (Llanowar Elves, Bugenhagen, Wise Elder) Mana Rocks (Mind Stone, Basalt Monolith) Treasure-Makers and other artifact token producers (Smothering Tithe, Sarinth Greatwurm) Extra land drops (Exploration, Exploration Broodship) Land Recursion (Crucible of Worlds, Aftermath Analyst) Rituals (Dark Ritual, Mana Geyser) Cost Reduction (Honest Rutstein, Stormcatch Mentor) Eldrazi Spawn & Scion producers (Eldrazi Skyspawner, Kozilek's Predator) Mana Doublers (Mirari's Wake, Groundchuck & Dirtbag) Temporary mana abilities (firebending) This ranking will cover many of these forms of ramp, but will leave some more specific ones like Treasure-makers to their own separate list
[3] In tournaments, players may be allowed to use a sideboard containing up to 15 cards that can be swapped for cards in the main deck in between games
Being 2 mana only makes it an incredible turn 3 play, even turn 2 if you count in 0 mana cards like Mishras Bauble
Shadow the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog look like ideal Commanders for aggro or burn decks, while Knuckles the Echidna flat-out adds a new win condition to the game
