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The extra 7 damage is just icing on the cake

Feed it

The problem is that, in most decks, Harnessed Lightning kills four-toughness creatures at instant speed, and in black decks, Grasp of Darkness and even Fatal Push offer the same power, so it will take a pretty specific build (a deck that doesn't care about energy, doesn't want a Lightning Axe package, and isn't playing black) for a deck to really want Cut // Ribbons over the other available options

The hard part is getting it into play, but it's well worth actually spending seven mana on

Eidolon of Countless Battles $3 This card isnt terrible, I guess

Tier 1 Tier 1.5 Tier 2 Check out our full list of the cards in the Archazias Island set, our picks for the best cards in Archazias Island and our list of the most wanted cards in the set from a collectors (rather than a players) perspective