If the card has an exert symbol with an arrow, then turn the card horizontally to exert it and activate the ability
Those mana dorks love to hang around the Prop Room which is half of this card, or a third of Prophet of Kruphix
Action cards are played as a one-time use effect and often are more powerful than Items, but also often cost quite a bit more ink
Though it will have some scary imagery in the form of its villainous Calamity Beasts, its not on a par with what can sometimes be graphic, if not outright gory imagery on cards such as those using black mana in standard sets
Yeah, you can get two growing threats that can get out of hand rather quickly depending on what your opponents are doing, but beatsticks that dont threaten to end opponents permanently are not doing much in most Commander games
When this card was printed Set Championships didnt have nonfoil promos for participation, so it was only available to Top Cut finishers, which translated to relatively low supply and a huge price spike