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An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger

And with Sapphire, his overwhelming ink cost is mitigated by ink rush cards

Return is not really about that as much as it is just a beastly value card

The problem was that mana back then was nowhere near as generous in Standard, and in Extended where the Sliver decks came into their own they mostly proved too fast for the big old Queen even though the mana could usually handle it

it's all about getting cards onto the table as quickly as possible, allowing you to keep your opponent busy while building a headstart

In the right deck, that can be a game-ending swing