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The reward of damage, lifegain, and card advantage makes this a surprisingly impactful black creature

Clever protection that scales with how many creatures you have is a perfect fit for strategies that flood the board

Blazing Archon Again, Blazing Archon can stop entire strategies from winning if you can cheat this monster into play early with a reanimation spell or a Show and Tell strategy, which is basically manditory if you want to see a 9-mana white creature in play

#2: Blinking Spirit Blinking Spirit was the control finisher of the early / mid-1990s (well, alongside Millstone, which would certainly be on this list if we were including non-creature spells)