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For each result of 1, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn

Essentially, you get one big bonus spell every single turn for free, which further fuels all your spell synergies

Also, this card is able to transform into a Gruul-colored Blightsteel Colossus on its flipside as long as you pay 10 mana or nine mana and two life, so that might act as the trump card Etali, Primal Storm is stuck as a six-mana 6/6 with no keywords

Black can play a bunch of synergistic artifacts, and MDFCs like Malakir Rebirth to boot

Final Thoughts Going second can still be a challenge, due to how good going first is

The set arrived at a time when the initial Pokemon craze was beginning to cool slightly, which meant that production volumes were not ramped up to the same extraordinary levels that characterized the first wave of English-language Pokemon releases