Once theyve finished their inspection, the card gets a numerical grade (usually 1 to 10) and is sealed in that protective, hard plastic holder we call a slab. This process is why graded cards are almost always more expensive
Its true power arrives once you pay 6B and sacrifice a creature to harness it, unlocking an upkeep trigger that reanimates a creature from your graveyard every turn
Of course, the card effect also bans cards in-game
Your opponent wont want to keep paying mana to attack with their creatures, so dont expect Baird, Steward of Argive to live very long
There aren't actually any rulings about how the player must perform the shuffle, meaning that they could theoretically conceal their shuffling completely and turn your opponent's blocking into a complete guessing game as opposed to trying to follow the shuffle around which might have been the intention of the card
If it's a land, it becomes an Island in addition to its other types