It was so dominant that people even played Jace Beleren, the cheaper 3-mana Jace, partly as a weird answer to it, because the planeswalker legend rule at the time let you drop your own Jace and immediately get rid of your opponents
(It's an artifact with " , , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Ball Lightning Rarity: Rare TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Elemental CMC: 3 Mana cost: USD: $0.23 EUR: 0.35 TIX: 0.02 EDHREC RANK: 8904 (6/1) Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature
Then you can +1 to draw and your foe too, and then you can -2 to make people just attack in one direction for a turn
Notable Cards: Reprints and $$ The Flawless Maneuver is a great way to protect your creatures and can be a blowout while on offense or defense
Nor is it particularly powerful for play
We lean on him to rebuild after a board wipe, when life is cheaper than mana