Designs go much wider than this, though, and there are sometimes other ways to turn them into creatures
Often swinging a game into your favor the moment it enters the battlefield, when this 2/2 Elemental enters the battlefield, all artifacts and enchantments are immediately destroyed
These conditions might involve the number of Energy Cards attached to a Pokmon, the state of the game, or other factors
The initial discard-draw ability keeps your engine humming and ensures that you always have tools ready for the grindy game plan
Its just an incredible card all round
(2017-08-25) If you gain control of another player's permanent and it phases out, if the duration of the control-change effect expires before it phases in, that permanent phases in under that other player's control as your next untap step begins