In the final reckoning though, the enemy wasn't the Cthulhu mythos itself: it was me
And, if those creatures dont survive in the long run, you can eventually use the Equipment cards (that stick around) to close out the game
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A successful Masters set reprints necessary cards in such a fashion that those cards drop low enough to not feel awful to buy, and stay low enough for long enough that safely buying in for a sane price is doable
For example, Nicol Bolas the Ravager will exile himself and return to the battlefield transformed into Nicol Bolas, the Arisen by paying four generic, one blue, one black, and one red mana