Kashtira can be quite a menace against Millennium, especially if the Deck manages to go first
Gaining or losing life during your end step won't cause the ability to trigger
Morpeko cards have always been fan favorites, and the Ancient Roar edition continues the tradition
Japanese display with plastic sealing
The utility of being able to use this as a (sorcery-speed) pump spell in addition to the fight mechanic was extremely valuable to those decks at the time, which were full of cards like Questing Beast, Lovestruck Beast, Gemrazer, Kazandu Mammoth and other beefy creatures that benefited heavily from fighting
We'd signed up to make mad scientist world, so the idea of trying to find a way to do link or something in that space seemed to make sense thematically