Not only is this card unnecessarily complicated, but it brings any game to a screeching halt, often more than doubling the length that a game would be
Just a few weeks after its Early Access release, TCG Card Shop Simulator already has an extensive mod based on the Pokemon franchise
I also love this with a double strike enabler like Fireshrieker or Gruul's Dragon Attack Trigger Atarka, World Render that also has flying and trample
You can fetch out the perfect Rebel for the given situation - such as the flying, protection from Black Nightwind Glider
But until some good +1/+1 counter effects mixed with enchantment synergy cards are printed, this one kind of bites the dust
Paying life counts as life loss , which is why these cards work with payoffs like Rowan, Scion of War and Vilis, Broker of Blood that reward you for losing life