It should be before playing a creature with defensive power
The discard effect is a reasonable failsafe, though discard spells arent at their best in Commander to begin with
As such, even an effect as simple as Grave Pact works wonders in conjunction with Sephiroth
Goading a creature with defender won't do much, no matter how pointy your finger is
If you count all of the bulk rares at their full retail value, your expected value calculation will look much higher than mine, but this look is usually deceiving since it's really hard to get anywhere near full retail price if you are selling or trading away bulk rares
(To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) Frantic Strength Rarity: Common TYPE: Enchantment SUBTYPE: Aura CMC: 3 Mana cost: USD: $0.15 EUR: 0.07 TIX: 0.03 EDHREC RANK: 10190 Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has trample