The 5 life points are the problem, and for a long time this card went criminally underused because players had a hard time giving their opponents life points
In their article describing the creative craft of Final Fantasy x MTG, WotC's Dillon Deveney principal narrative game designer for the Universes Beyond team says that Optimistic and Hopeful was one of the design pillars when setting Final Fantasy s tone
is the prerelease promo for stores to give out, plus the buy-a-box promo is Minnie Mouse Daring Defender for picking up a booster box at your local game store
It creates a lock on the board and is on the Reserved List
No matter which side of that coin your deck falls on (and lets be honest, its often both) youre going to want a little help from Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
Tapping down an Urzas Tower in your opponents upkeep can effectively Time Walk them, and it can give a number of decks that little bit of time they need to take over