The frightening red storm and graceful blue sky come together to create a seemingly opposing scene that inspires dread and admiration alongside an understanding of how noteworthy of a card this is.
If you didn't know the backstory to Phelddagrif, you wouldn't understand the card name or why it's so weird, with the image of a Phelddagrif not helping
And against currently played creature decks, either other sideboard cards are more important or their creatures are x/1, so they can be killed with Darkblast
The other creatures with that name aren't targeted
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When you have such a high number of existing mechanics, I can imagine that coming up with something both new and fun is very hard
