Its an unfortunate flavor-mechanics mismatch and perhaps the best way around it is just some good old fashioned multi-typing
There are still a lot of common abilities that are brand-new to me scry, flash, lifelink, this thing where I earn the citys blessing, legendary cards that have four different potential abilities but most of it gets helpfully defined simply by right-clicking on a card
The gorgeous golden artwork highlights how captivating this moment in Atlantis is, even though this version of Kida is Floodborn
Air Nomad Legacy is good indication that fliers will do lots of work for you, and Genghis Frog lives for +1/+1 counters
The problem is that, in most decks, Harnessed Lightning kills four-toughness creatures at instant speed, and in black decks, Grasp of Darkness and even Fatal Push offer the same power, so it will take a pretty specific build (a deck that doesn't care about energy, doesn't want a Lightning Axe package, and isn't playing black) for a deck to really want Cut // Ribbons over the other available options
Fated Clash Fated Clash is very strong as an instant speed, middle of combat wrath effect
