Ice Age common. Ice Age was the first set with “cantrips” - cards that draw an extra card in addition to their normal effect in return for costing more mana. Our friend Pyknite here was the first creature printed as a cantrip, so to this day R&D members refer to cantrip creatures as “Pyknites”. Pyknite is also a perfect example of the standard formula for cantrip mana costs. Though there are exceptions, being a cantrip typically adds two generic mana to what a given card would otherwise have cost.
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