The evolve mechanic allows Simic creatures to grow from reasonable beginnings to dangerous threats over the course of a game, and has ways to place and use counters as combat tricks or as fuel to draw cards.

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They don't draw more cards or exchange the ones they have.

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Merchant exchange fees actually vary wildly, from the type of merchant (generally, larger stores face lower fees) to the type of card (debit cards command low fees, whereas credit cards draw high ones).

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The Australian tax authorities, too, have cracked down on the use of payment cards to draw money from offshore bank accounts.

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The battle over debit-fee limits focused on retailers' claims that debit cards, which draw upon existing funds in a customer's checking account, are little different from checks and cash and, therefore, should be priced as cheaply.

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Meanwhile, Weir was keen to draw a line under the fall-out from Wednesday's controversial Old Firm game, which featured red cards for Bougherra, El Hadji Diouf and Steven Whittaker and an angry touchline exchange between Rangers assistant manager Ally McCoist and Celtic boss Neil Lennon.

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