Many are banned or restricted in one format or another, or at least have a history of such
It is also one of the least dead cards for any given situation resulting in a card that I will never leave out of an Izzet deck should I have the option to play it
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier is a Synchro 9 with 2700 ATK points and a simple effect of banishing 1 card from the opponent hand, be it on board, graveyard, or even in your hand
Jace comes in with three loyalty, can gain a loyalty to draw a card and discard a card, and can also gain a loyalty to exile a card with a mana value of three or less from your hand to plot it
This is especially strong when you have cards like Goblin Rabblemaster that create an attacking goblin token with haste every turn for free
[1] If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 other face-up monster on the field