Ward is a triggered ability, which means it uses the stack and can be responded to by opponents
That means you mana starve people, bounce their expensive permanents, or get a second-round of your best ETB effects
User u/Atakori, for instance, remarked that Eidolon of Rhetorics flavor text [is] straight up telling us people lose to this anime girl because they have to touch grass. Adding more levity to the Reddit post, u/Pola2020 quipped, how to make Stax experience even more miserable: force opponent to look at anime girls. Despite all these jokes at their expense, players arent outraged at the art
Used at the right moment, this card provided a one-two punch that could easily take out an unsuspecting opponent
The card itself is not bad at all, either
First up, there's Olivia, Opulent Outlaw, who makes treasure tokens when outlaws deal combat damage, and can turn that treasure into buffs for her whole gang of misfits