Why am I mentioning this in 2025
I certainly dont think weve seen the end of the formats evolution, either, and I know my first stop is combo, as most of the Izzet decks people are playing seem a little too slow to race combo and a little too low on countermagic to stop it.
Within a Snow-focused build, it deals three damage, instead of two, providing additional value for its single-mana cost
Earthbending a land makes it a creature and puts +1/+1 counters on it so it can fight for you
Its just fun, and it seems Wizards of the Coast agrees because theyve made cards of all types with anime-inspired art in recent years
The discard effect from this doesn't happen until the end of that turn and it is on the seven new cards not the old hand meaning you need to rawdog the thing you want in the bin or have used a Brainstorm or Vampiric Tutor style thing to set it up