T: 120+ A: Fee
I personally do both, because I enjoy the excitement that comes with opening up packs and pulling cards, but I also know that sometimes, given the odds of pulling some of the cards I want, its sometimes best to just pick them up at my local game store or on sites like TCGplayer
Spellpyre Phoenix is a cycling payoff, which makes it more of an archetypal payoff than a generically good card
One key distinction though, is that while the card is in your hand, the nonland side is the one in front
Well thematically this is up reds alley, though I could also see it doing damage to the creature, actually in my opinion what would've been really neat is a spell that does like 2 damage to the creature then gives it +3/+5 to "make up for" it but also to use it as a back up shock
Heliod, Sun-Crowned Heliod, Sun-Crowned is the perfect addition to lifegain decks