Any damage dealt to a battle causes that many defense counters to be removed from it
Black Lotus' Power Is Worth The Price Some of the most powerful cards in the history of TCGs are the ones with simple effects
You must assign at least enough damage to the first blocking creature to destroy it before you can assign damage to the second one, and so on
Plus, the fact that this card evokes a classic spell-Humility-gives Vedalken Humiliator an aura of cool that some of these new cards dont have
The Sapphire glimmers tend to be a little more advanced, requiring some strategy and creativity to be effectively used
Sure, mono-white can go get Rule of Law or Smothering Tithe, but multicolor decks can go get Rhystic Study, Bolass Citadel, and much more