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Similarly, had I on turn 1 attached a water energy to my benched Staryu instead of my active Goldeen, I would have been prevented from progressing when I ended the turn instead of when I attached the energy card
(His first chart is 17 - 28, but the last chart of the article is the more valuable one, I think, and that one goes 18 - 27.) He gives us a formula to convert for Commander decks, which I will be using throughout this article
In Modern, Alpine Moon has the advantage of coming down two full turns earlier than Blood Moon (one of the problems with Blood Moon is that if you are on the draw and don't have any fast mana, your opponent can assemble Tron and play Karn Liberated before Blood Moon even hits the battlefield), although the combination of Blood Moon and now Damping Sphere means there is suddenly a lot of competition for the "hate on Tron" sideboard slot
There are a few problems with the card that make it difficult to maximize
The color pair is atypical of what you expect from a dragon deck, and the +1 isnt much of a deterrent from attacks