If your Serra Paragon sticks around for a few turns later in the game, you get to recycle creatures your opponent has already dealt with, either forcing them to remove that creature again or waiting to get overwhelmed by your returning forces
Draw cards using Plagon to fuel your gameplan and flicker your cards for huge value until your opponents are completely overwhelmed
Those who achieved a set number of victories during the tournament were awarded this special trophy card - the only time it was ever up for grabs, having never been mass produced - making it one of the rarest promo cards available
For one thing, it's much cheaper to cast and can deal a fair bit of damage with his 7/6 statline
Advertisement Per the reminder text, a creature with first strike deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. So, first strike creatures always deal damage before regular creatureseven if they have deathtouch
Creatures you control get -1/-1