It was a fine choice and used in control decks due to its ability to shrink attacking creatures and ultimately steal spells from everyone's library and cast them for no mana
Heck, its even a potential combo enabler in Fling decks like Ziatora, the Incinerator, if you can build it up big enough
Every turn it either lets you draw or throws a lightning bolt at something, which is nice value, and neither effect is bad
Deadly Cover-Up Its been a while since weve had a black board wipe that mattered
And make sure you have plenty of mana to activate Phoebes abilities and whatever activation costs are involved in the abilities you have stolen
Theres a lot of philosophy and restrictions on what different colors are allowed to do. The eight-person council features head Magic designer Mark Rosewater and design manager Mark Gottlieb, one member representing each of the five colors, and one colorless member