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Puncturing Light kills less things and cannot be combined with other damage sources to help take something down hence being marked down a little

If youre looking for a cheaper version of this effect, consider Tragic Arrogance or Mythos of Snapdax

Animar has always been a highly versatile general that has helped to create a lot of different archetypical decks, ranging from hydra to morph tribal, before a better general could be discovered or even created from whole cloth by Wizards

Of note, this ability is particularly unique for mono-white decks that dont usually have many ways to reuse instant and sorcery spells once theyre in the graveyard