For anyone wanting a good dimir rat commander though, this more than meets the mark
As a result, the Orb of Dragonkind has a chance to provide you with the exact creature you need right then
Rhys, the Evermore Rhys, the Evermore is white's answer to black scam cards that take a creature that just died and return it to the battlefield
It is a bit like Pernicious Deed back in the old Rock decks - if you can pay 2 life and wipe their board while leaving yours intact the game is as good as won and that is what Deluge does to a lot of decks
Your opponent's slew of spells and cavalcade of creatures will attempt to reduce your life total to rubble, knocking you closer and closer to 0, ticking down slowly from 20
It also provides a wincon for discard decks, because its very common for that strategy to have lots of ways to discard cards but no plan for advancing the board