I still hate games that are about who can ramp the fastest, and it seems unfair to be up against an opponent who has 4 lands up when you only have 2, even if youre also playing a ramp deck, but you didnt draw your Growth Spiral
Its an ordinary mana dork until you have a 4-power creature in play, and thats when it starts generating 4 mana a turn
This is different from effects that say "If you do" in that players may take actions after you've sacrificed the creature but before damage is dealt
Bast, Panther Goddess is typical God-fare: an indestructible beastie with a condition on it that prevents it attacking too early
Youve then got creatures with negative ETB effects
That's a reskin for one of Magic's most ubiquitous cards, Lightning Bolt, and I wouldn't be surprised if this particular printing has quite the impact on the set