Before, in formats like Modern, while the removal was good, you could play around it or attack from an angle that was less susceptible to it
Finally, the -12 ability removes all nonland permanents from your opponents battlefield
Disney Parks Blog: Well, you and the Art Directors nailed it for this set of Enchanted cards
Spells like Demon Bolt are situational and often cant get cast when needed because of its CMC of three
Both plays might be kind of meh, but the fact remains you have a card that does something useful and something early late, and most cards dont have that kind of flexibility
FromTheShire: Yeah the lord effect isn't particularly exciting right now, with only 63 Villains in the game, and that's including a bunch of silver border cards and ones with colors you can't run in this deck