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The difference between a promo card like this and a Black Star Promo is simple

Five mana for two tokens is mildly overcosted, but one card that provides you three bodies over the course of the game is better than the usual one card, one body ratio

Fan-Made Card Art and Homebrew Designs MTG players who create original card art or commission it from illustrators use Snapshot to produce a physical version of their work

One such example of this is the awesome (and adorable) Stormcatch Mentor

Green excels at getting lands into play to trigger this card, so you should virtually always have a full hand and plenty of mana to cast those spells with