However, it only costs , which makes it a fast enabler
While other Legendary creatures act as direct burn (Heartless Hidetsugu, Toralf, God of Fury) or damage stackers (Torbran, Thane of Red Fell), today's general functions as a walking damage amplifier
I recommend checking out Twisted Abomination
More importantly, these cards dont exile themselves upon resolution like modern extra turn spells do, which means all the Regrowth effects and Snapcaster Mage variants you can justify stuffing in your deck become much stronger
And once youve slowed down their board development and you have enough mana rocks to break the symmetry, Armageddon will stop your opponents from interacting at all for several turns, while you continue to build toward a win
Thinking about how an average Tarmogoyf is usually a 4/5, its not hard to see that enabling delirium in Eternal formats is comically easy