Even with 38 lands and 8 mana rocks, Grixis decks struggle to cast those 8+ mana spells, and this deck is chock-full of spells that cost 6 or more mana to cast
It's also one of the best counters against the Red Card, letting you protect your hand against it by dumping your important stuff the moment you see it in the enemy's hand
If you open 6 boxes (~82,800 investment at market), your expected 1 SAR hit averages 16,750 in value
But Im happy to say he has been freed (as of this writing) since pendulum summoning is a little less popular
Imodane's damage-dealing effect is the main focus, but if that effect stalls out, its board state can finish the job
The End Phase I hate that this set is coming out after DMU had barely just finished up and it feels pretty overwhelming in terms of product, but it's been like this forever now at this point