Rites of Flourishing is a group hug card that helps all players equally, but it creates a problem in other strategies because you spend your mana on a card that helps everybody
Destroying all creatures you dont control is a brilliant effect, and one that is actually quite rare across Magics history, with only one other card being printed with that text: the strictly better In Garruks Wake from Magic 2015
Ive been following the growing community of No-code tools, and I identified four fundamental characteristics I truly appreciate from the movement: They strive to open the doors to any person without prior training. They are building progress towards tech democratization, by making technology less intimidating and more accessible
Derevi loves to fill up with cheap utility creatures, including all the mana dorks like Llanowar Elves
But thankfully Sythis isn't so good that she invalidates the other Enchantress options like Tuvasa the Sunlit, Daxos the Returned, or even the other Selesnya powerhouse, Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
As with Soul Foundry, the climate was right to push cards with weird and wacky rules interactions
