mtg arena card prices Phyrexian - Magic: The Gathering Foundations #728 (English) Tap target creature you control and target creature of an opponents choice he or she controls The Legend of Arena |

The cards are designed with their mechanics first in a spreadsheet, with rarity assigned according to certain stats and text

You have effectively increased the average CMC of your action spells by 1/6th of a mana

Then, at the beginning of combat on your turn, you get to put X +1/+1 counters on another target Creature you control, where X is the number of experience counters you have

If you go over 13 mana value, you dont get to cast the spells you exiled

It may feel insignificant, but youre now essentially keeping everyone down one card until this creature is dealt with

Ashcloud Phoenix is great in any deck built around those types of mechanics, because unlike most Morph creatures it can go back and forth between being face up and face down