Though it only starts with one power, in decks that play a lot of spells, that can very easily grow to drastic numbers
Sure, actual Sneak Attack costs five total mana to snap down an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn where Purphoros costs eight for the first effect and cant cheat in Eldrazi, but if youre putting in something that costs eight or so, its best to think of Purphoros as upfront investment to ramp into a haste threat, much like a Circuitous Route if Circuitous Route also could be a 7/6
The two-drop above is Bear size and then vigilance and then has boosted size equal to your graveyard count, vigilance there is nasty
There may be a price involved with tutoring up cards, which could come in the form of paying life or sacrificing creatures
2 Uncommon Mystical Archive cards A non-foil (31.7%) or traditional foil (31.7%) Mystical Archive card A non-foil (31.7%) or silver scroll foil (5%) Japanese Mystical Archive card 1 Traditional foil spellcraft land 1 Traditional foil rare or mythic rare card A rare (85.7%) or mythic rare (14.3%) from the Secrets of Strixhaven main set 1 Non-foil Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) rare or mythic rare 10 Mythic rare borderless cards (9%) 48 Rare extended-art cards (91%) 1 Non-foil Booster Fun rare or mythic rare card An extended-art rare (70%) or mythic rare (5%) card from the Secrets of Strixhaven main set A rare (7.1%) or mythic rare (5%) borderless Elder Dragon, planeswalker, or dual land A rare (8.6%) or mythic rare (4.3%) field notes card 1 Rare or mythic rare Mystical Archive card A non-foil rare (25.6%) or mythic rare (7.7%) Mystical Archive card A non-foil rare (25.6%) or mythic rare (7.7%) Japanese Mystical Archive card A traditional foil rare (25.6%) or mythic rare (7.7%) Mystical Archive card 1 Foil Booster Fun rare or mythic rare card A traditional foil extended-art rare (59.9%) or mythic rare (4.3%) card from the Secrets of Strixhaven main set A traditional foil rare (6.1%) or mythic rare (4.3%) borderless Elder Dragon, planeswalker, or dual land A traditional foil rare (7.3%) or mythic rare (3.7%) field notes card A silver scroll foil rare (7.7%) or mythic rare (2.3%) Japanese Mystical Archive card A traditional foil Special Guests card (4.5%) A serialized double rainbow foil Emeritus of Ideation appears in less than 1% of Collector Boosters
Heres what the full description of the card reads: Choose one of your water-type Pokmon, and flip a coin until you get tails
