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The crown represents a generic "numeric aid" - something on the card has a variable that we've identified as worth communicating to the player, but it doesn't match some particular mechanic (like, say, Undergrowth). We use this "crown badge" to represent that number. #wotc_staff
Just something I've been wondering - why not change the mana cost in the text box, in the same way that cards in your hand change their displayed casting costs? I'm sure it's not that easy, but it seems like the most natural way to represent the cost imo.
Ability texts are localized as entire strings, so modifying costs in those texts is non-trivial. We also don't want to raise the expectation that we'll do other such text modifications. Adding information is much simpler than changing it for us. #wotc_staff