In the event that youre entering something other than a 5-match League, youll see things like the number of matches remaining until the next round and a round timer, since those are much more structured than 5 matches whenever you feel like it
The more foes you have, the more likely this is to be a nasty little thing
The amount a creature's power and toughness are reduced is determined only once, at the time Phyresis Outbreak resolves
Otherwise, Dog Umbra has umbra armor
This is at its best in RW Heroic, alongside blacks sacrifice cards, or for trading for a 2/2
Tolkien used the Ring to explore the dangers of the magician or technologist's mindset, a worldview that sees nature as raw matter ripe for manipulation, not something with its own inherent dignity and destiny." Head Magic designer Mark Rosewater said the team tried a version with negative effects, but "[i]t made people not play the mechanic." It's a revealing, if laconic answer