Assuming you can immediately proc this, itâs a 6 mana 6/6 that cantrips. After that, there are three possible scenarios:
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Itâs immediately removed. Which is fine, as it usually requires either trading, a transform spell or two damage spells to get rid of a 6/6.
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You are being milled. Assuming this card draws a card the turn it is played and you automatically drawing at the end of your turn, the enemy can easily mill you if you had more than 3 cards after playing Rifter and they are in a position to attack your general with multiple units. Songhai is especially scary with 4 Winds Magi/Bloodrage Mask, cycling through their deck while milling yours and then transforming Rifter into Panddo.
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You get consistent value over the following turns. Aka the âwin moreâ scenario.
In typical gameplay, we can discard the third possibility. So in order to get the best value out of Rifter, you need to be in a position where you are either low cards or the enemy is low on board and does not have a lot of out of hand damage.