It may feel insignificant, but youre now essentially keeping everyone down one card until this creature is dealt with
Both players use the same rules, draw from similar types of cards, and win in similar ways (mostly by dropping your opponent from 20 life to 0, with some poison / combo exceptions)
This special action doesnt use the stack, and it cant be responded to, but it may only be done at sorcery speed that's to say, whenever you have priority during one of your main phases while the stack is empty
1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
We all remember the days of Mewtwo EX and Darkrai EX absolutely dominating the format for what felt like a decade
Yep, more expensive, not less