Birthing Pod specifications: Pros Helps bring key creatures to the board A trigger for fun combos Cons High cost to trigger Sacrifice Sorcery speed Sacrifice only Birthing Pod is a staple in combo-heavy green Sacrifice decks
After all, there were tons of characters missed the first time around, so theres plenty of content available to mine
Meanwhile, Conflagrate is more efficient when cast from the graveyard, costing RR and discarding X cards to deal X damage divided among any number of targets
The power of this combo comes from speed and simplicity and your opponent will definitely be fine paying that ward cost
Cards having huge blocks of text that will be hard to understand for new players is one thing
You can only become the monarch as the result of a card that introduces the monarch mechanic, and, as long you are the monarch, you can draw a card at the end of your turn