Also, he comes with a free ring tempting trigger, and can make your creatures indestructible, fading out board wipes and providing just intense value for his mana cost
Could it be part of a cycle of awesome Magi imbued with sweet spell power
It can place damage counters on characters, which isnt damaging them, so it also gets around Resist keyword characters (Damage dealt is reduced)
Next, is a Sphinx that can win you the game simply by having a lot of cards in your hand
Madness Enablers Assuming you get that or the bounce plan to work, you want to discard Emrakul to cast with a discount
Abominable Treefolk Abominable Treefolk only sees play in decks that care about snow permanents, though it's really good there