The good news here is that both big and small red decks can take advantage of Purphoros, so if either one makes a comeback this God will see a large uptick in popularity
Complicating this plan is that these cards, as reskins of some legendary comic book covers, will pull interest from those same comic collectors
2UR: Draw a card, then discard a card
Then for chapters two and three, you get to double the number of each type of counter on a creature you control
While also an amazing finisher, a big life swing from a Drain Life wreaks havoc on a burn players strategy
In Standard, there are currently three reliable ways to tap down a creature outside of specific, individual cards: using it to convoke a spell, crewing a Vehicle, or using the saddle ability on a Mount