However, the secondary market tells a different story
For the cost of X, Marath allows you to remove that many counters from it in order to utilize one of three effects one of which happens to be to create an X/X Elemental token
Since the launch of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, Wraith Typal (yes, Typal) decks exploded in popularity
Lifegain Its not well-supported, but there are a couple of lifegain payoffs in the set like Aerith Gainsborough and Minwu, White Mage
The deck is heavily based on Final Fantasy X's Sphere Grid system (which even gets its own dedicated card in the deck), where every party member can learn any ability
The power level of these cards simply dont measure up to the blue ones, so these cards will benefit more in a game of EDH then a game of 1v1