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The detail and power in this artwork pushed it into the sets top chase tier

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In our build we have enough artifacts to get enough value, and Gold-Forged Thopteryx is an artifact itself, so on EtB, it even triggers the token creation of Alela, Artful Provocateur

Eight is typically too much to pay unless it wins you the game on the spot, and I think Ardyn is just too vulnerable to be as good as the other expensive bombs in this set like Summon: Knights of Round and Summon: Bahamut