Thanks to Burning-Tree Emissary, we can potentially be casting Embercleave for just two mana as early as Turn 3, which should be pretty frightening for opponents
So, if you want to contribute to the development of the RE itself, then you will need to be at least familiar with Java and git versioning
It helps that the mana can be any combination of colors, while Savage Ventmaw can only make red and green mana when it attacks
You get +1/+1 counters and Food tokens and in Naya, Food becomes real power thanks to cards like Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second
The popularity and playability of the Black Lotus became a detriment to the card itself, causing players to use many of the original 1,008 Alpha Black Lotuses in competitive play, auction house PWCC said of the rarity of finding a Black Lotus in such condition
It's legal in Modern, Legacy, and Vintage, but obviously no one's jumping through the hoops required to make this 8-mana card work in those high-power formats