Its a minor blow to the flavor of the set but if youre keen on Aetherdrifts racing theme, this is a great card to have in your collection
Feature Article - August 30, 2010 - Wayback Machine The Duelist #19 (October 1997)
Once Sandswirl Wanderglyph's middle ability resolves, that opponent won't be able to attack you or planeswalkers you control that turn, even if Sandswirl Wanderglyph is no longer on the battlefield
By itself, its a 2/2 that attacks as a 3/3 trampler or bigger
Very interesting, but without being inkable or a song it could be a brick early game
You end up in a bit of a bind with Phoenix where you want to build your deck with a little more learn to maximize recurring it, but you dont really want to max out on Phoenixes and draw multiples, but also your desired sideboard Lesson count varies a lot depending on whether you draw Retriever Phoenix in a game