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Burn strategies accumulate incremental damage through damage doublers and triggered abilities

Felothar the Steadfast changes how combat damage is assigned and draws a ton of cards from sacrificed creatures with high toughness and low power

Rayquaza V from Sword & Shield Evolving Skies which harkened back to Character Rares by including Zinnia and indeed teased the arrival of Character Super Rares the following year

There are also plenty of activated abilities that can only be used when the card is in the yard

Sages Nouliths add nearly zero value to Yshtola, since it wont proc any of her effects and only really buff a small creature token