This cards multiple abilities direct damage, lifegain, killing artifacts, and destroying enchantments makes it very versatile and gives you good mana sinks if your hand is running low on cards
Initially, the buff only provides +0/+0, but it increases exponentially the bigger its controller's field is, surpassing most similar effects once it has four or more targets
This means that this red creatures power can be increased relatively easily, making the boost to your other creature bigger
(top left), the expressive dynamism of Mark Bagley (top right) and Dustin Weaver (bottom left), the painterly delicacy of Esad Ribic (bottom right)
These resilient creatures are especially valuable in the mirror match, where they can be remarkably difficult to remove
I dont talk about CCGs very often but in the last decade, CCGs have gone through something of a renaissance and with each new CCG that has come out, the genre is making leaps and bounds for the better