As for Ral Zarek, himself, I kind of imagine him seeing moderate success as a random one- or two-of in some U/R/x control decks, but more interestingly, I imagine someone building a new kind of blue aggro or midrange deck that actually takes advantage of Ral Zareks ability to remove blockers or do six to the face
Frequently transforming cards also dont take one important, practical fixture of TCG play into account: card sleeves
Its obviously solid graveyard hate, but preventing players from casting spells from exile offers a pretty unique effectmany similar effects only stop players from casting spells from their library
What exactly does "put an additional counter on a permanent" mean
The card is an enabler and payoff for colorless ramp, becoming a huge beater while generating the mana for expensive spells
His [On Play] and [When Attacking] abilities are typically used on the opposing leader, designed to soften them up before your explosive attacks