A 2/3 lifelink is sturdy enough to tangle with Aggro creatures and live to tell the tale, giving you some much-needed life in the process
Each one gets its own atmosphere, Raikou tearing across a sunset sky, Entei posed against an erupting volcano, and Suicune drifting through an icy, aurora-lit landscape
It was out of necessity then but could easily be a future requirement of Modern control
As such, framed alongside effect text like Destroy all black creatures and said black creatures being referred to as foul beast[s] in the flavor text, it paints a brutal picture that reminds people too much of real-world genocides
That leads us to the 9-cost Fantastical and Magical action and song, and if you can gather 9 total song cost to activate it, you can draw a card and gain 1 lore for each character that contributed to singing it