phoenix cards mtg Heart block) closed.class Arclight Phoenix - Magic: The

Essentially its a pay to win game and only in a very tempered group that sticks to formats and limiting budget does the game become reasonably fun

Late-game, when everyone is looking to close out the game, then it seems fine

You can do this to draw a card after your mana is set or in response to the massive recursion and graveyard (ab)use at the Commander table

In Cube, there has been some talk about this card and some lists are trying it out

One possibility is to cast Apocalypse, a card that gets rid of everything, including your hand, leaving you only with Barren Glory, but that needs to be done on your upkeep, so there are options like Leyline of Anticipation or Emergence Zone to give these spells flash