While lifelink helps soften the blow, that life loss adds up quickly in longer games, especially when facing aggressive pods
Sleeve companies literally market this as fits MTG and Pokemon because they enjoy selling products to more than one fandom (wild concept, honestly)
A 0/4 for two mana, for the cost of one blue Phyrexian mana, Spellskite can change the target of a spell or ability to itself
In fact, the card is already drawing comparisons to other alternative win conditions like Thassa's Oracle, albeit a slower and more challenging one to pull off
While the response package is alright, if there was ever a precon that could use a Negate or Countersquall, its this one - I do understand the out of the box design choice of not putting in too many counterspells in a deck that wants to make copies on the stack though
Localized Destruction + Wrath of the Skies Two different takes on an energy wrath, Wrath of the Skies can wipe the board for 2 white mana in an energy deck