Yes, the monarch card draw happens during the end phase at the beginning of the end step, before the cleanup step in which a player must discard down to their maximum hand size
Don't get me wrong, you're not completely unhappy casting this for four in the early- to mid-game to remove a utility creature that's giving you conniptions, but in reality, the only time you want to see this is when you have 40 mana available
Deface of the Moon: At the end of Close Encounters of the Annoying Kind , the Moon is given Orange's face (and it stays that way, as seen in Frankenfruit and Pear's theme song from Theme Song Attack
This goes into any blue deck and isnt particularly demanding you cast it, and its good
Then you get to hit for 4 damage a turn, with a good blocker only providing half a solution
This seems like an oversight