Instead of having deadly creatures, your seemingly weenie spells become deadly
Not only does he come down and replace himself by allowing you to sacrifice a creature to draw a card, he can do this whenever he attacks
Adagia, Windswept Bastion Stationing Adagia, Windswept Bastion might be harder to do than some of the other planets, but the rewards there
(That's quite the quest!) The folks over at Wizards of the Coast have begun their card previews after giving us a glimpse of the story so far for this upcoming set, and boy do they look absolutely stunning
Plus, the more spells your opponents cast, the more powerful your orc army will become
Mardu Discard (0.7% of the Winner's Metagame) 4 Hardened Academic 4 Iron-Shield Elf 4 Marauding Mako 4 Moonshadow 4 Cool but Rude 4 Blood Crypt 4 Godless Shrine 4 Inspiring Vantage 4 Starting Town 3 Bloodghast 3 Blazemire Verge 2 Casey Jones, Vigilante 2 Cecil, Dark Knight 2 Erode 2 Sacred Foundry 2 Practiced Offense 2 Carnage, Crimson Chaos 2 Requiting Hex 1 Concealed Courtyard 1 Mountain 1 Tersa Lightshatter 1 Get Lost 3 Duress 2 Doorkeeper Thrull 2 Strategic Betrayal 2 Voice of Victory 2 Magebane Lizard 1 Case of the Crimson Pulse 1 Sunset Saboteur 1 Get Lost 1 Dawn's Truce Mardu Discard uses Iron-Shield Elf and Hardened Academic to discard cards at will, transforming what would normally be a drawback into a source of powerful synergies