This works out quite well, as Elminster's +2 allows you top draw a card and scry two, reliably allowing access to this cost reduction
This isn't part of the main Spider-Man set, but is instead a 'source material' bonus sheet, filling a similar role to the Through The Ages bonus sheet from Final Fantasy.but includes things like Todd McFarlane's work on Arachnogenesis, and Heroic Intervention featuring the debut cover of Spider-Man by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko
For the first few Core Sets, called Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, and 3rd Edition (also called Revised), itll take detective work to figure out which set the cards belong to
Suddenly using auras and equipment isn't such a risky gambit, since it's almost guaranteed your creatures will be sticking around for some time