The Amethyst and Steel ink combination in this case provides not only a lot of humor and good strategy between Merlin and Madam Mim cards, but the overall feel of the deck is good for having a lot of low-cost cards in play all the time
With it being Floodborn, of course that means he has the Shift keyword too, which reduces his Ink cost from 3, to instead just requiring you to discard an action card from your hand to get him into play
If you draw them later in the game, they're essentially dead cards that won't provide any value to you or power to your board
You need to be careful with your triggers on this one, as you want to make sure that the Cactuars 10,000 Needles resolves before the Mage Slayers does, otherwise, youre just dealing one measly point of damage
Meilin Lee, Popular Red Panda Ruby It's a rare mono-ink card up next in Meilin Lee, Popular Red Panda
Still, its nothing most adults couldnt handle