Dropping a [[Portal to Phyrexia]] early can end games, and this card lets you do that without convoluted setup
In addition, being a Saga card means he has a three-turn build to a devastating attack, before he must be sacrificed
legendofa on Help me torture 3 years ago Hand = hurting: Black Vise, Ebony Owl Netsuke, Iron Maiden, Misers' Cage, Sword of War and Peace Bounce: Blood Clock, Crystal Shard, Surgical Skullbomb, Umbilicus Standard stax/tax effects: Smokestack, Tangle Wire, Winter Orb, Thorn of Amethyst, God-Pharaoh's Statue, Damping Sphere, Trinisphere, Sphere of Resistance, Cursed Totem, Static Orb, Meekstone, Norn's Annex, Mindlock Orb Artifact creatures with these effects: Viseling, Neurok Replica, Esper Sentinel Pulled mostly from EDHrec, and I only hit the highlights
James Wallis , Games Consultant, Author and Designer Most of the obvious media franchises have already been done in TCG form in the three decades following the launch of Magic the Gathering, including World of Warcraft, My Little Pony, Austin Powers, The Simpsons, SpongeBob and two separate Doctor Who games
If it's the first time it attacked this turn, untap your attackers and then get another combat phase
Contest of Claws not only clunches ? but also gives you a free spell for the excess damage