Before it dies, not only did it deal some damage and absorb a ton in combat, it drops more treasure than it's mana value and makes a big and splashy a move with it's super high toughness
Note there is no once/per turn here
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The +0/+2 Meltstrider's Resolve provides goes a long way towards helping that, so this is one of the better fight spells that weve seen
It also encourages you to, you know, attack your opponents and play the game, which many of the EDH pods Ive played in could use
The other starter deck, the Rise of the Floodborn Amethyst and Steel starter deck includes a lot of Merlin and Madam Mim cards, but it's a real shame that it's not an all-in theme deck with a foil Madam Mim as well