The gameplay and rules are designed to be accessible to new players, collectors, and experienced TCG players, making it a versatile game for a wide audience
The crappy version deals four, gains four, and makes a 4/4
Useful as disruption, as a sac outlet, as a thing you can tutor into your bin, as a way to get stuff from your hand into the bin
This reprint has been played widely in almost every competitive format where it has been legal
We wanted to ensure we captured the classic pose of him raising the sword before his face as a nod to the box art, but we had to update the pose slightly so players could see his full face in the art we made of him in-world
The power level of these cards simply dont measure up to the blue ones, so these cards will benefit more in a game of EDH then a game of 1v1