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It gives you something excellent to do with your extra mana, growing at a more efficient pace then Figure of Destiny (if you actually have a deck full of Gods Willings and the like)

That's good in Standard these days, I will take it

A player can take this action any time they have priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of their turn

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

Plus, it's incredibly boring to play against (the combo occasionally involved playing through your entire deck before eventually looping a Pyrite Spellbomb to win the game) and even more boring to watch