Historically, this came about because Wizards R&D would use B for black and L for land, so U became the shorthand for blue and it's been that way ever since
If it somehow gets destroyed, simply eat some food (not Food tokens) to regenerate it
Potential Downsides: Shipping costs might be higher outside of Europe, and prices are retail (MSRP) or slightly above
From there, you want to dial in on what you have chosen to focus on and upgrade cards to ones that fit those roles
The unique templating not only ensures an irresistible amount of damage to the target, but unlike other one-on-one fight spells, theres no risk of being blown out by opposing removal on the friendly target
The card was banned in Standard due to the existence of Golos, Tireless Pilgrim