This Dragon's monstrosity effect is costly, but in return, Stormbreath Dragon becomes a sizeable 7/7, and it deals damage to all opponents to keep the pressure up
If your opponent is reluctant to engage in combat, and they should be, look into enrage and pingers to ensure you give your opponent at least 1 point of direct damage
Richard's ability can be used to make any card legal in the format you're playing
One of those products was Urza's Destiny
Flamewake Phoenix 3.5/10 A 2/2 flying haste for 3 is ok, it has some immediate action and applies some reasonable pressure, particularly to planeswalkers
Seeing as Grim Monolith is legal in all formats where it can be, its no surprise that this exceptional mana-producing artifact is worth close to $300 for a non-foil and a cool $2,000 for a foil copy