Your opponents get agency over what happens, and any reasonable player is just going to put the extra +1/+1 counters on this phoenix
Plus, with all the looting going on you may want to consider cards with Flashback(including, but not limited to Increasing Vengeance, Past in Flames and Seize the Storm) and Madness(including, but not limited to, Avacyn's Judgment and Fiery Temper)
What on earth are you going on about
The U/R base felt really good and did before when I played Jeskai a few weeks ago
[4] and a menu interface, in which the player may configure their Pokmon, items, or gameplay settings
Players can get their hands on the full set when it launches in paper on September 8th following a weekend of prerelease sealed events at local game shops