If you swing with it and the opponent doesnt block the attack, they get 2 poison counters
Baleful Strix Baleful Strix is very easy to include in a UBx deck, granting you your card back and an evasive nuisance, and you can trade this bird of death with almost any creature
I mostly think a lot of decks playing her arent capitalizing on some core deck building aspects that I believe you need to pair with her, such as playing 20 or more lands that produce red or green mana, and having at least 13 ways to get a land in your graveyard by turn 2
If youre curious about what sort of shenanigans you can get up to, lets look at a few
Chaining Electrodominance into Apex is particularly insane, because you actually did cast Apex of Power from your hand, which means you get ten more mana to play with at instant speed
If youve ever played Shimmering Grotto you know its always a card youre playing with some reluctance