Like the Power Nine, Lord of the Pit was classified as a rare card in Alpha, meaning that approximately 1,008 copies were ever produced
The deck was fantastic and didn't lose a match, even beating a turn-four, hard-cast Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre when I followed up with The Abyss on my turn four
Having these abilities stapled to a cheap creature provides plenty of options: You can attack or kill a problematic blocker or save a creature
Many can be proactive or reactive based on your needs Lightning Helix can be sent at the opponent's face, or it can be removal for a pesky planeswalker or creature
SwiftDeath says
Furthermore, Big Parasol [Darkness Ablaze] can stop a lot of side-strategies against this deck, like Yveltal [Shining Fates], which is why the deck sees so much success