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Black Lotus is the poster-card for how expensive MTG can be, and thats unlikely to ever change

At the end of the day though, the innate rulings and game mechanics doesn't change across languages, and that's all that matters

Even very controlling 18-land decks can just be 18 lands plus several cards that draw or fetch lands for you (Cultivate, Field Trip, Pop Quiz with access to Environmental Sciences, etc.) and skip the 19th land

That makes Bloodthirsty Conqueror less replaceable for decks that want to pull off the Sanguine Bond combo, and its not too shabby as a giant lifelinking vampire when you play it fairly