This instant helped power the Suicide Black archetype from this era of Magic , as pairing this with an evasive, low-cost creature, like Skittering Skirge, could spell doom for foes with relative ease
It has a very fast, very narrow gameplan: if you can get your Charizard ex in play, you will have the energy to attack with it, and it will hit like a truck, so you best make that happen as fast as you can
Its one of a few Theros cards that take inspiration not from myth, but from recorded history
Its passive adds a +1/+1 counter each time you draw your second card a turn, and it ultimately lets you swing in for a win
Pick key pieces, value engines, or just that annoying character you cant work around, and as long as you dont exert Bellwether, theres little they can do about it