In this case though, both the rarity and the quality was high, as the card had a Pristine 10 from grading company CGG
Gold is the more abundant currency, and will generally be earned by completing daily and weekly quests and filling out the battle pass (of which there is a free and premium version)
Or you can play ramp and fixing cards to a certain extent, say maybe 10 or so cards or more, while your land count stays low around 35 to a middle ground of 38 or so
Your spot removal serves three purposes: clearing out the things that stop your sweeper, stunting their first turn or two to give you more time to flex your bigger spells, or just keeping things clean post-sweeper
As the combination of draft and set boosters (both of which you may still see on store shelves), play boosters cost a bit more than previous draft boosters, but that's because there's a decent chance of getting more rares