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Cards in good condition are also more valuable to other players than cards that are damaged or heavily-worn

To be anything other than a Vine Trellis, aka a bad Llanowar Elf you need to have other defenders which is doable but does make the card significantly narrower

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The player can create a food token, for themselves and then swap it for a relevant card controlled by their opponent