These force your opponent to discard a card from their hand, and while this might not appear all that powerful at first glance, repeatedly forcing your opponent to discard cards or being able to choose a specific card from your opponent's makes discard effects worthwhile
Assuming you have the right black/red shell, you ought to discard cards on most turns to enable mayhem, which enables this card as well
Skip to main content SIGN IN Dragon's Maze: Savageborn Hydra Edition: Dragon's Maze Type: Creature - Hydra Cast: Rarity: M Collector #: 100 Double strike Savageborn Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it
You get to attack relentlessly because your creatures won't take damage, and in my experience, when your whole team is menacing, several get through unblocked
Note that you draw the card on attack, so you can draw into an answer such as a Fog effect, bounce spell, or something similar if you want to stop the attack
The only issue is that it's locked into Abzan colors, so you can't play it in a 1- or 2-color deck