While these decks aren't going to be competitive against seasoned players, they're effective enough to show what makes for good synergy and basic combos
This card used to be super powerful when it was first printed, but it's still a scary creature to face on the battlefield nowadays, even if it's not the scariest creature nowadays
In practice, this meant games were essentially a race to Lin Sivvi, and whoever would play their copy first would lock their opponent out of playing their Lin Sivvi, which allowed the first player to tutor up a bunch of Rebels and win the game
Zhalfir has replaced Mirrodin/New Phyrexia, and it's lit by Mirrodin's five suns, which makes it a land of endless day
Many people saw this as WotC going back on its promise through a loophole
Its a story of courage and flame told in just two colors and a few sweeping curves