The Psychographics of Magic: the Gathering Lets start with the quick intro for people not in the know: First published in 1993, Magic: the Gathering is a Collectible Card Game (CCG), and in fact, is the grandfather of all collectible card games, as both the originator of the concept and, at various points over the last 30 years, the most famous CCG on the planet
There's such a wide range of spells that count towards cascade with this elder dragon, that you'll develop a refined taste to enjoy solving for the unknowns
Despite that, sometimes you have to acknowledge that a card is good, cheap, easy to play, but also absurdly boring
But it is still difficult to talk concretely about the overall power level of any given environment
Sandsteppe Mastodon seems a bit overrated since while it's a big guy who can make other guys bigger, it is 7-mana and unless you picked up some ramp, it's often going to sit in your hand