Rain of Gore and Everlasting Torment Forget a fun little instant that might turn off life gain for a moment
Amethyst and Steel may feature some fantastic cards, but its lack of beefy characters means it may struggle against other starter decks
Both Sazhs Chocobo and Zell Dincht hint at this being a Gruul-aligned strategy, and Gladiolus seems to confirm it
Not only is this use relevant to me, with my variants of Elves running Urzas Saga, but across any Saga deck that can access Green mana
If you got stuck with the least expensive version of Overlord of the Balemurk or Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, you'd still have about $20 of value on your hands
The mana value of a transforming double-faced permanent is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up