The tricky thing about this card is timing: having to pay two mana before casting an impactful spell could throw off your mana curve if you're not careful, making this one you'd be better off holding until the late game than casting as soon as you have enough to warp
This, in and of itself, is not necessarily a problem
So when Zetalpa deals combat damage on the second combat damage step, Ill copy the trigger on The Reaver Cleaver with The Peregrine Dynamo so I get double the amount of treasures
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For both triggered abilities, once the ability triggers, it doesn't matter what happens to the attacking creatures in response
If I am running Zealot in that situation, I can block the Bloodtithe Harvester, removing a chunk of the pressure on my life total, giving me room to eventually take over the game with my higher value cards
