it won't save you from cards that say destroy, but it can be useful against spot removal and damage-based wraths, and in combat
Since it's a mana cheap instant, you can do this in response to targeted or sweeping removal to get cards, as a sacrifice or it can send something to your graveyard about to get exiled by Swords to Plowshares, or to get value out of a chump blocker about to die anyway
We all love the card advantage of cycling, embalm is like giving your creatures flashback, the -1/-1 counters approach is an interesting take on this concept, and exert is interesting and challenging to decide when to use
Weve complained before about premium pricing because, lets face it, its not going to cost more to make this set than it would a standard set - and, given the lack of double-sided cards here, might actually cost a little bit less
Wizards of the Coast originally produced the card to be part of their Black Star Promo series, only for some of the prints to be mistakenly distributed in a few 1 st Edition Jungle booster packs
Creatures don't untap during target player's next untap step