It can be countered and otherwise responded to
Gideon Blackblade is similar but has two creature types
General charizard, opinion triple June 9, 2024, 11:37pm 1 Asking this because my nephews birthday is in July and he loves Pokmon, so setting up a cool binder for him and trying to get a diverse range of cool arts (His favorite Pokmon are: Pikachu, Charizard, Lugia, Walking Wake, Zeraora, and Mew)
Making a second version of a known creature is always tricky, because you want it to feel different enough to warrant a new card but be similar enough that it feels like the same creature
In Fool's Tome the activation cost is half price - only mana - but requires you to be Hellbent (no cards in hand) to use