That was in the illustration to explain why he had flying
Vein Ripper punishes hard for letting creatures die, Ward being the bloody icing on the cake
These decks come with everything you need to play, including a full 60 card deck, rules, a play mat, reference cards, tokens, a cardboard deck box and even a strategy guide to help you understand how your chosen deck is intended to work in-game
The other Shrines in the deck each trigger every end step, generating tokens, gaining life, dealing damage, or drawing cards depending on which ones you have in play
Sure he gets burned a lot and dies most of the time he gets into combat but for one mana, so what
It was also confirmed by the game devs that you don't need to name the card's subtitle