Especially in combination with previously mentioned Unholy Heat, red decks now have an incredibly versatile removal package to deal with any creature or Planeswalker theyre facing
This essentially grants players immediate access to VMAX cards at the beginning of the game
Scientists Academy Elite Adventurer's Airship Agna Qel'a Arcade Gannon Archive Haunt Artful Looter Assassin Gauntlet Atlantean Skirmisher Bag Check Bag of Holding Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord Bellowing Crier Benthic Biomancer Bloodfire Mentor Bonded Fetch Boosted Sloop Broadside Barrage Cait, Cage Brawler Canyon Crab Captain of Umbar Carlo, Suave Schemer Ceta Sanctuary Chakra Meditation Change of Plans Civilized Scholar Collector's Vault Conqueror's Foothold Copycrook Coralhelm Chronicler Currency Converter Customs Depot Cyclonus, the Saboteur Daily Bugle Newspaper Data Scrubber Deal Broker Deny Entry Desolate Lighthouse Diviner of Fates Doc Ock's Henchmen Doctor Doom, King of Latveria Dragonborn Looter Dreadwing Scavenger Echo Inspector Elite Instructor Emet-Selch, Unsundered Enclave Cryptologist Erratic Visionary Evangel of Synthesis Evie Frye Facet Reader Failed Inspection Flying Drone Frontline Sage Furtive Analyst Furtive Courier Geyser Leaper Goben, Gene-Splice Savant Gran-Gran Grixis Battlemage Hapless Researcher Hard Cover Harrier Strix Hypnotic Grifter Icewind Elemental Illuminator Virtuoso Improbable Alliance Inspired Sprite Jace Reawakened Jace, Cunning Castaway Jace, Vryn's Prodigy Jalum Tome
The biggest advantage is still the face-to-face hobby experience
Then in your end step you can have them take a bunch of damage or draw a card
The final, and least common, reason for flickering is to target it at your opponents permanents
