(6/6/2025) A nonmodal double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up
Thanks to powerhouse cards such as Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Fable of the Mirror-Breaker Rakdos has been utterly devastating, even outside of Standard
Need to stabilize after taking some hits in response to playing your big threat
You can get extra power and board presence from Chishiro, the Shattered Blade, fantastic ramp from Kodama of the West Tree, and even extra combats from Akki Battle Squad
Maybe it's a big critter your opponent removed
Phelias attack trigger enables you to blink any of your value pieces in play, while simultaneously pumping up the blink target as well - if you blink For two mana, Phelia lands early and provides an increasing amount of value as your boardstate grows, which is sort of the name of the game in Orzhov Blink shells