It is great if you ramp into it but if it is your first ramp effect then you are not doing great
(We found that we had to set our server to Montreal specifically, as Toronto did not work.) You may also run into problems with online matchmaking in the games multiplayer mode
This card does want you to be in mono-green, so you have plenty of Forests for the second uptick and basic lands to tutor with for the ultimate
For just , it makes a legendary creature unblockableperfect for triggering combat abilities from cards like Curie, Emergent Intelligence or Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
2024: Endless Punishment 2024 gave us a bunch of interesting contenders for its best deck, but it has to go to Endless Punishment in this case
The question if it was ever intended to be included in packs is not completely clear, but the discovery of E4 member styluspt that the cards was actually advertised to be in the set in a Japanese Trainers Magazine as well as on early concept designs of Jungle booster packs certainly makes this appear likely (see PIKACHU 1ST ED JUNGLE BLACK STAR PROMO - WAS IT INTENTIONAL
