Currently on a three-year rotation, new cards can be played for roughly three years before the set it was part of can no longer be played
That said, Ifrit was only going to have the activated ability originally.But that would have been a really long block of text for such a narrow ability, so I split it in two
Now, there's nothing strictly wrong with that - it just means Wizards of the Coast can bank on nostalgia, marketing towards 30-somethings who are more likely to have disposable income
It doesn't hit as many dorks but it can be much more effective earlier in the game
The community response to aftermath has been quite negative, and while it's possible this changes as people start to play with the cards, it's worth taking a minute to understand why
It can slot into any deck, and its free to run, as its an untapped mana source