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The 4 power on the card is a big clock to quickly end the game

Its cheap, repeatable, and instant speed

Cards like Approach of the Second Sun or Maze's End usually see some play in decks aiming to break them

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That gives us 24 lands and 33 mana sources including 4 Mana Vaults and a Sol Ring

These discard type of creatures just need to disrupt our opponent long enough for us to enact our gameplan, but having such a critical mass of them often means that they will actually get to stick around on the battlefield and permanently end our opponents hopes for their cards while contributing to our own devotion count