The trouble is, there's a whole MTG keyword, Persist, which makes creatures come back from the dead with a -1/-1 counter, if they didn't already have one
(It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Land Windbrisk Heights Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) This land enters tapped
The villain of The Sword in the Stone has her magical might on full display in the five-ink card, boasting the power to summon in your other characters for lightning-fast challenges on your opponents
Even more so if theres some life play and payoffs involved
The name of the game is to get Arclight Phoenix into the graveyard and cast three instants and/or sorceries to bring Phoenixes back to apply a ton of pressure to your opponent
For 8 mana, it flips into Kefka, Ruler of Ruin, a flying threat that turns every point of life loss your opponents take into more cards