Well, luckily for you, Lorcana might be the easiest and cheapest card game to get into in 2025
As an artifact-centric commander, he certainly opens up a lot of different build paths from Equipment voltron to artifact combo
This is largely down to them only getting a single print run, which naturally pushes up prices
a 4/4 for three ink is very good, but comes with a cost
You need to be careful with your triggers on this one, as you want to make sure that the Cactuars 10,000 Needles resolves before the Mage Slayers does, otherwise, youre just dealing one measly point of damage
Thats where something like Shield of Virtue can come into play, pulling double duty as an inkable one-cost item that can also protect anyone we quest with