For 4 mana, thats all right
The upside is, if you really want to include Kassandra and The Spear of Leonidas in your Modern deck, then you only need three or four copies of Kassandra, and just one of The Spear
Similarly, if an effect creates a token and puts counters on it (such as a Fractal token) the additional token will also get those counters
He didn't include a sideboard, but his main deck was pretty solid: G/W Constellation -- Magic Origins Standard | Pascal Maynard Creatures (16) 4 Courser of Kruphix 4 Eidolon of Blossoms 4 Herald of the Pantheon 4 Nyx-Fleece Ram Spells (20) 4 Kruphix's Insight 2 Frontier Siege 2 Sigil of the Empty Throne 4 Banishing Light 4 Silkwrap 4 Starfield of Nyx Lands (24) 4 Plains 8 Forest 4 Blossoming Sands 4 Temple of Plenty 4 Windswept Heath Since the article was designed to showcase the power of Starfield of Nyx, it seemed to be more of an experiment than a tournament deck
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Overall, Hydreigon ex needs an immense amount of energy to gain access to its most powerful attack, but the payoff is worth it if players can set it up fast enough