charizard pokemon evolutions card - 11/108 - XY variation to centering M Charizard-EX | XY—Flashfire |

If youre the first to play this card, your opponents cant cast spells at instant speed or interact meaningfully, and your spells cant be countered

These Charizards are some of the most expensive trading card collectibles in the hobby today

The illusion ability has echoes of offspring, which probably isnt completely intentional, but still pretty great from a flavor perspective (as well as a deckbuilding perspective if you want to create plenty of ETB abilities or plan on going wide)

Rather than granting creatures of a certain type an ability, it allowed the new lord the ability to use that creature as a resource

This means that cards that were designed around 20 starting life can be a little more broken in EDH