Firstly, unused mana becomes Black mana instead of disappearing, allowing Omnath decks to build enormous reserves over several turns before unleashing game-ending spells
The retro Moltres is another collectible illustrated by Arita, who recently returned to the Pokmon card game to create the Lugia V card for November's Pokmon Silver Tempest TCG expansion
Gaining life (and putting out blockers) are two of the most surefire ways to deal with aggro decks, and the Ferocidon puts the breaks on both, leaving opponents rather helpless
Why would you want to play that? Well, the answer seems to be Modern Horizons, which gave the deck some new cards for the first time since Fatal Push
but its not a very powerful spell on its own, and its very difficult to get value from the discard
There are also more subtle things like decks having enough instant-speed removal to sometimes encourage creatures to attack elsewhere, including several enchantments that sit in play and can kill at instant speed