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Transforming Thing in the Ice on Turn 3 or returning multiple Arclight Phoenixes on Turn 2 certainly looks unfair, since thats comparable to what decks like Dredge can do when theyre humming, but Izzet Phoenix is capable of playing the early turns reactively and turning the corner on Turn 4 or 5, or even playing a long game and leveraging its low land count and Faithless Looting to stave off mana flood for longer than its opponent
She saw consistent play as a reanimation target 25 years ago and served as a top-end for control decks who didn't mind tapping seven mana for an extremely resilient threat
The RBI can be increased by the number of GY Exo parts, up to 5000 due to regulations
In a multiplayer game, it does expire if you leave the game
That story was also a bit strange, and, according to Mark Rosewater, did not resonate with fans