It is still a very powerful card, but the effect is basically just a Card not found and even though X-spells are now rares, it doesnt feel like a mythic despite the upgrade
You just need a payoff something that triggers on death or ETB, or a sac outlet like [[Phyrexian Altar]] for infinite mana
This Magic: The Gathering Starter Commander Deck, Draconic Destruction (Red-Green), is ready to play straight out of the box INTRO TO MAGIC'S MOST POPULAR FORMAT: Commander is a multiplayer way to play Magic
Yes, I know it's a great proliferate card that combos with the commander, but you just dont need to push the +1/+1 counter theme that hard here, especially when it means playing a handful of non-merfolk creatures
Ihsan was a Serra Paladin who was turned into a Shade by Baron Sengir
This particular one is a 'what if' scenario where Arthur from 1963's Sword in the Stone becomes a spellcaster in his own right