But in decks with Haughty Djinn that lose when they have the wrong things in hand at the wrong time, a counter or Impulse is useful even at this cost
Decks With This Card Recent public and tournament decks using Favorite HERO Shining Flare Wingman

EDH Lockdown Creature (15) 1x Azor's Elocutors 1x Chronatog 1x False Prophet 1x Fatespinner 1x Grand Abolisher 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV 1x Great Whale 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker 1x Maralen of the Mornsong 1x Oloro, Ageless Ascetic 1x Palinchron 1x Realmwright 1x Zur the Enchanter *f-etch* Planeswalker (2) Land (34) 1x Arcane Sanctum 1x Bottomless Vault 1x Calciform Pools 1x Command Tower 1x Darkslick Shores 1x Dreadship Reef 1x Drowned Catacomb 1x Forsaken City 1x Fountain of Cho 1x Gemstone Mine 1x Glacial Chasm 1x Glacial Fortress 1x Godless Shrine 1x Hallowed Fountain 1x Icatian Store 3x Island 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge 1x Mystic Gate 3x Plains 1x Reliquary Tower 1x Sand Silos 1x Saprazzan Cove 1x Seachrome Coast 1x Seat of the Synod 1x Strip Mine 1x Subterranean Hangar 1x Sunken Ruins 1x Swamp 1x Tolaria West 1x Watery Grave Enchantment (15) 1x Aegis of Honor 1x Arcane Laboratory 1x Back to Basics 1x Cloud Cover 1x Counterbalance 1x Frozen Aether 1x Island Sanctuary 1x Kismet 1x Necropotence 1x Oppression 1x Rhystic Study 1x Rule of Law 1x Sphere of Safety 1x Stasis 1x Zur's Weirding Artifact (15) 1x Chromatic Lantern 1x Crawlspace 1x Damping Matrix 1x Ensnaring Bridge 1x Eon Hub 1x Isochron Scepter 1x Mindlock Orb 1x Mycosynth Lattice 1x Norn's Annex 1x Sensei's Divining Top 1x Smokestack 1x Static Orb 1x Tangle Wire 1x Winter Orb 1x Witchbane Orb

Opponents can lose life based on how many auras including Phyresis are on the field with a Eriette of the Charmed Apple Commander deck
These boxes were also incredibly well-designed
If you want to build and pilot a functional sacrifice deck, you need to understand the trifecta of sacrifice fodder, sacrifice outlets, and sacrifice payoffs that are the essential building blocks of your deck