Final bosses in Final Fantasy and nearly every other JRPG follow the trend of transforming into their final form once you defeat them
But theyre also good for: Deciding who gets first turn in the match Simulating coin flips for The Gold Saucer (call odds/evens instead of heads/tails) Randomly choosing a card for Sin, Spiras Punishment Tracking the mana in your mana pool (if a card like Esper Terra makes a lot all at once) Representing the numbers (and/or stats) of tokens you create Keeping count of random statistics that your cards care about, like how close you are to transforming Emet-Selch or how many times Sephiroth has triggered this turn Helping you remember important upkeep triggers like Dark Confidant or Seymour Flux (place a die on top of your deck every turn so you cant draw a card without stopping to remember why its there) and plenty more
Cold Snap introduces a fun frozen theme to the art, and the flavor text is much, much better than the previous card
What Must be Done Mass removal time
(TERF stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist and is often used to describe people who do not believe that trans women are women.) Burchett tweeted that Wizards asked them to remove those lands from their deck, causing an uproar in the Magic community as it appeared that Wizards was trying to stifle a very public criticism of Nielsen and her views
Grapeshot is one of red's best win conditions if you have infinite storm count, so its a must-have in storm decks