This means that youll be gaining more life off of every hit after every hit with lifelink, and it also means youre army of Creatures will be absolutely devastating in a very small amount of time
Yes, nearly any creature can hop in the way and kill Combat Celebrant, but if there isnt a creature to do that work, the amount of damage being produced is utterly insane
What If a Saga Creature Has Zero Lore Counters
But then, theres that 5% chance you roll a natural 20 and your opponent will get a 0/1 white Goat token, which will elicit all sorts of Greatest Of All Time jokes at the table
In their heyday, they inspired such unprecedented moves as the first balance-motivated ban in Vintage, a card being preemptively banned in Commander prior to release, and an entire mechanic being significantly reworked via official errata