Your life total is padded whenever a creature dies, meaning you'll have more than enough time to activate your Crystal, even if you're being targeted by your opponents
In the manga and anime theyre introduced as pariahs of glory and ruin, designed by Maximillion Pegasus based on ancient Egyptian deities visible on an old stone tablet
Villains (Black, Red, Blue) Final Fantasy is well-known for its iconic villains, and MTG put them to good use in this set as double-faced cards
Just remember that whichever mode you choose to cast becomes the mana value of the card on the stack and on the battlefield, unlike other, similar built-in cost reduction mechanics like Suspend or Miracle, s o a commander like Yuriko, the Tigers Shadow very much likes Prototype cards, while Vial Smasher the Fierce does not