Otherwise, eating a board wipe the next turn feels super bad
As with Sacrifice, Burnt Offering is great with cards that have high mana values that you can play on the cheap, such as those with Affinity or those that cost substantially less if you fulfill a certain condition, like Emrakul, the Promised End, Avatar of Fury, or Avatar of Woe
If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, activating an ability, or taking a special action, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so
Powerful spells like Urza's Ruinous Blast, Primevals' Glorious Rebirth, and Yawgmoth's Vile Offering provide massive swings in your favor
The first main set to include Pokmon-ex was the ADV Expansion Pack, the first expansion set of Gen 3
Unlike merely having 10 more HP, an ability that reduces incoming damage by 10 significantly boosts its resilience, as taking three or four hits could reduce total damage by 30 or 40