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It also uses threaten effects to temporarily gain an opposing threat and use it to its own advantage

Flame Discharge is an honorable overrated mention

A 4/4 for five mana with both vigilance and lifelink, Vona can tap itself at the cost of seven life, destroying any nonland permanent

We thought about making it the blue magus, but Soothsaying just wasn't iconic enough

Of course, having Kuja on the board and controlling enough wizards to flip him is key

This means if a player has a way to flicker a Sylvan Primordial, you quickly end up in a situation where they have all their lands out, and the rest of the table is stuck on zero mana