mtg 5th edition card list Magic the Gathering: Fifth Starter Deck 60 cards per starter deck Magic The Gathering Fifth Edition

When creatures are the main route to victory, there has to be a way to stop them

If you don't have fourteen or more cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen

cast it on Turn 3, and assuming you make your fourth land drop the next turn, you can cast Astor and have that one extra mana available

you get a 3 mana bolt that you can then escape later, if you're casting it from your hand, and then when it hits the battlefield it certainly is quite a problem

Combine that with Giada being legendary and costing only 2 mana, and youve also got a very popular and powerful commander for angel decks