(You expend 4 as you spend your fourth total mana to cast spells during a turn.) Brambleguard Veteran's ability affects only Raccoons you control at the time it resolves, including Brambleguard Veteran itself (as long as it's still a Raccoon at that time)
This means that not only are you risking two prizes, but you need to wait a turn or more just to get the full payoff
You never know if you can draw a removal spell that sends that creature to the graveyard or exile so that it has less chance of popping up in the game again
*/* Watermark: Agents of S.N.E.A.K
Even though the card acquisition rate slows down tremendously once you've completed Series 3 in Marvel Snap, that takes a long time, and finally unlocking the card you need to complete a specific archetype is a fantastic feeling
I really don't feel like making those alterations (my current PSD makes doing so really awkward, but I might give it a shot later if I decided to redo the blanks from scratch)