Yes, youve got a medicore trick on one side and a mediocre vanilla creature on the other, but you get both on one card, and both halves of this card can conceivably trade with something and that means youre getting a 2-for-1
Skip any step and you risk a shaky deck
I had somewhat just assumed this year was going to be a weak one, due to Onslaught mostly, but also forgetting how good cycling and flashback are
So, if I regenerate [c]Isao, Enlightened Bushi[/c], while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, that counter remains
Let's give it a shot: Izzet Phoenix Test | Modern | Jim Davis Creatures (8) 4 Arclight Phoenix 4 Thing in the Ice Instants (20) 1 Magmatic Sinkhole 2 Izzet Charm 2 Lightning Axe 3 Opt 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Manamorphose 4 Thought Scour Sorceries (11) 2 Finale of Promise 2 Sleight of Hand 3 Chart a Course 4 Serum Visions Enchantments (3) 3 Aria of Flame It's hard to feel out exactly how many Chart a Course/Izzet Charm you want, especially with Lightning Axe also helping out to get Arclight Phoenix into the graveyard for value, but there's still some serious things happening here that need to be respected
As we know from past Universes Beyond Secret Lairs, there will likely be a ton of demand for these cards