Passively playing creatures from the top is great as well, and it gives you more opportunities to set up the -2 for good value
You need a specific objective or a certain board state before you even consider investing resources to crack open the battle (apart from discarding a card, paying three mana, and tapping this thing)
But if Zenith Flare and Flourishing Fox really are the best thing to do in Standard right now, it says more about how other cards have warped the format beyond recognition than the power of a one-trick deck relying on a four-mana burn spell
SLIGHT RESERVATIONS The most simple answer to this question is no, because 84 of the 100 most expensive Commander-legal cards are on the Reserved List
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The same is true if it converts before combat damage, so be careful with that second spell
