Its flashy, its nostalgic, and its recognized as one of the earliest trophy cards in the games competitive history
Dinosaurs, Drytron, and Eldlich just to name a few) then this card has no drawbacks its practically Pot of Greed
You need to be dedicated to the cause: At the Prerelease, I saw a lot of decks that just couldnt decide what they wanted to do
You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant
Dakkon has the potential for getting huge as you play more lands, but without green for the ramp Dakkon Blackblade is just a Commander who's tragically in the wrong colours for our modern game
(Including, in the Lugia animation, my beloved Mantine.) Oddly enough, those strange rectangular artifacts on the original Ho-Oh card remain, the elements sliding apart as the animation begins