mtg card player Final Fantasy Commander Decks: Professional Face-Breaker they lose 2 life. Newbie MTG player... Not sure

While somewhat expensive at five mana when kicked, getting a kicker spell back from the graveyard is powerful, allowing us to keep bouncing our opponent's creatures with Inscription of Insight and Into the Roil or getting back Vastwood Surge to kick and grow our team to close out the game

This five-mana red 5/5 has Flying and First Strike - making it not only hard to block, but hard to beat even if you do block it

For the low cost of three mana, Braids states that at the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or Planeswalker you control

Theres even a creature-based counterspell in Mausoleum Wanderer