Often decks that were based on creatures in game one can spring this card on their unsuspecting opponents in game two and ride their direct damage to victory against a player who suddenly has no way to win
This card is good, not super broken good
Altaria is a really cool dragon Pokemon in general, mixing elegance with beauty in a way you typically dont expect among the more combat focused dragon types Pokemon loves to depict
It might be eclipsed in popularity by a few cards too, but this is indeed one of the most powerful EDH cards in the set
Champions of Kamigawa seemed to genuinely attempt a god card cycle with the Myojin, but the results can at best be described as a rough draft. Nigh-impossible mana costs and divinity counters still didnt feel like enough to set them apart from ordinary creatures although conditional indestructibility turned out to be a good start
The truth is, Magic: The Gathering cards have many other patterns and clues that can help