Having these abilities stapled to a cheap creature provides plenty of options: You can attack or kill a problematic blocker or save a creature
Like the Power Nine, Lord of the Pit was classified as a rare card in Alpha, meaning that approximately 1,008 copies were ever produced
Furthermore, Big Parasol [Darkness Ablaze] can stop a lot of side-strategies against this deck, like Yveltal [Shining Fates], which is why the deck sees so much success
Youre running one creature for a little combo I love too much to exclude
In other collectible card news, an unopened Pokmon First Edition Base Set booster box sold for a whopping $408,000 USD.
The deck was fantastic and didn't lose a match, even beating a turn-four, hard-cast Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre when I followed up with The Abyss on my turn four