The advantages FAR outweigh the drawbacks
That said, I cant help but appreciate just how much utility was squeezed into Armored Skaabs single ability, the fact that Chapel Geist was playable despite being a French Vanilla with a barely-relevant creature type, and that Stichers Apprentice doesnt have a second ability to just make a Homunculus for six or seven mana
Granted this card is restricted to Purple leaders with the straw hat crew card type, so you can't just throw this event into purple Katakuri or Black/Purple King, but you can utilize this event in any of the five purple Luffy leaders out there, Yellow/Purple Nico Robin, and Blue/Purple Sanji
The attacking player can then cast that card by paying life instead of paying its mana cost
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