Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, damage previously dealt to a creature with indestructible may cause it to be destroyed if The Fire Nation Drill's first activated ability resolves during that turn
However, with the rise of the internet including stores such as eBay or specialist CCG/TCG stores that sell single cards its very easy, if sometimes costly, to purchase multiple copies of Rare (or even rarer!) cards to build a deck around
Also, the best burn spell in Stoke the Flames likes to have a healthy number of small creatures to help cast it, and traditionally Burn decks can only afford twelve or so slots to creatures
The print quality of Evolutions for EX cards were very good
What it does care about is cycling and ability counters (in its case, trample counters)
2004-10-04 You cant pay life, just like any player at less than one life cant pay life