On the back end, you wouldnt really want to play a four-mana enchantment that grants the ability to create a single 1/1 flyer each time the enchanted creature deals combat damage
Not only does this cost 1 mana less than its counterparts in Chandra's Ignition and Waltz of Rage, but you can also cast it a second time while refreshing your hand
But Mark Rosewaters elegy for the mechanic is more nuanced: I consider it a noble but failed attempt. Is there a seed of this nobility that we can utilize, especially in Commander, with some of the cards printed since then
When you discard a nonland card this way, Fiery Encore deals damage equal to that card's mana value to target creature or planeswalker
On top of that, its one of the few planeswalkers that can actually be your commander, and its cheap to cast, only costing 3 mana, which is great to deploy early and start getting value from it and permanents
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