In this case, that damage reduces your life total as normal
Im not sure what he took out for the Gambits, but this was my list: [cardlist] [Creatures] 4 Bloodcrazed Neonate 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Reckless Waif 4 Stormblood Berserker 4 Stromkirk Noble [/Creatures] [Spells] 1 Brimstone Volley 4 Galvanic Blast 4 Shock 4 Volt Charge 4 Shrine of Burning Rage [/Spells] [Lands] 23 Mountain [/Lands] [Sideboard] 4 Dismember 3 Manic Vandal 2 Traitorous Blood 3 Hero of Oxid Ridge 3 Arc Trail [/Sideboard] [/cardlist] My testing for Worlds highlighted how awesome Shrine of Loyal Legions was, so I ended up playing a G/W tokens deck
Its first loyalty ability also helps offset its cost by untapping artifacts like mana rocks you might have used to play it, and it's got an ultimate that can win a game
You can immerse someone by the environment, and the types of decisions they have to make
If no one is running enough removal, congrats, you brought a set of Wolverine claws to a pillow fight
For some historical perspective, this 1/253 chance for specific treatment mythics means that each one is about as rare as Phyrexian foil Vorinclex (1/256 packs) but more common than traditional foil mythics in the Mystical Archive (1/309 packs) and way more common than FEA Jeweled Lotus (1/400 packs), which is a rarity I doubt well see again
