When you challenge an opponent character, you compare your character's Strength to your opponent's character's Willpower and if your Strength is equal to or higher than the opposing Willpower, you then banish that opposing character
Price $49.65 (Showcase Scrolls) Even before Tales of Middle-earth's release, people suspected Orcish Bowmasters would be the bomb of the set , and they were mostly right
Lands (22) Spells (38) 2 Brainstorm 4 Counterspell 4 Force of Will 4 Accumulated Knowledge 1 Impulse 1 Capsize 3 Intuition 4 Merchant Scroll 4 Donate 4 Illusions of Grandeur 4 Sapphire Medallion 3 Fire Sideboard The combo of Donate + Illusions of Grandeur seemed over the top in those days, giving you a twenty life boost and saddling your opponent with a liability that would rapidly become unwieldy (and take twenty life points with it when they couldnt keep up)
Yet the former are often perfectly sane and interesting Magic cards if you look past the silly presentation
The tap effect is certainly useful across the board but in most cases it is about the most minor tempo swing on a card
I have built decks around cards most players have never heard of, and that kind of exploration keeps the game fresh
