It shuts down most creatures entirely, though as usual cards with static ability, sacrifice effects, and bounce effects hurt when you play this card and those things are in this set, of course
Using its fight ability can sometimes cut short an opposing creature, just like they did with Domris character arc
Even if the mythic itself was predetermined to be bulk, your brain still got to enjoy that half a second of "Oh boy, this just might be the Wan Shi Tong, Librarian I so desperately need," before finally peeling the Secret of Bloodbending
Many older cards remain inexpensive
Five out of five stars, would recommend
These are less flashy than the staples but are invaluable ways of adding cheaper utility spells into the deck without lowering your dragon count, so you can actually play the game at a normal pace instead of being able to cast a single spell per turn for the entire game because you're stuck with a full grip of 6+mana dragons