Lets get right down to our ranking list and see how they all measure up
I think the goal of adding black was giving players access to a plethora of sacrifice effects to make use of the recurring nature of other phoenixes
In casual duels, it certainly can dominate quite ably, with the exiling of cards from the library being a more efficient method of milling, since they can't come back with reanimation or give someone threshold
2014 - Mishra's Toy Workshop Mishra's Toy Workshop is an allusion to Santa's workshop where the elves make the toys for Santa, as well as the entire card being a reference to Mishra's Workshop
The most common example is poison counters10 of them means you lose, so taking some off can save you from an infect or toxic strategy
Nowadays being gold doesn't go as far in and of itself, but we also give such cards their just rewards