Eight mana might seem like a lot to pump all your creatures, but a card that gives you both a burst of mana and ways to utilize that mana is, frankly, amazing
Even though newer cards have been printed, he remains the icon against which all other control-oriented planeswalkers are measured
Burst Lightning and Ball Lightning are Mono-Red's new friends, and while I think Screaming Nemesis is already a better three-drop than Ball Lightning, Burst Lightning definitely takes Shock's place
Trading cards with higher rarity ( 3 to 1 ) require an extra consumable, Shinedust, to be swapped
Every facedown creature is colourless, and those creatures get to keep any +1/+1 counters they have when you turn them face-up
With Great Power, Pariah, and Pariahs Shield all speed up Anti-Venoms scaling significantly