This deck gives up creatures for artifacts that function as elementals, which means targeted removal can risk you overcommitting to elementals, only to be left trashless at just the wrong moment (yes, having no trash is a bad thing)
Ral Zarek is most comparable to Ajani Vengeant, who is arguably the third best planeswalker ever after Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Elspeth, Knight-Errant
If youve been reading me for a while, youll recall that I have a long history with Dungeons & Dragons, and Ive simply loved the D&D and Magic mash-up products (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms and Commander Legends: Battle for Baldurs Gate)
And a little detail: The chosen card doesnt need to be in play or in hand, so even if your opponent doesnt have that wrath, you can still tax it
Perhaps its fitting that gross is also a synonym for massive
Although the only card that can traditionally be sacrificed is Solemn Simulacrum , Ashad gives your nonlegendary artifact spells casualty two, which means they can be copied by sacrificing a creature(s) with two or more power