Being able to nuke the opponents hand to deny them any potential resources for the following turn can be quite powerful given the right circumstances
It technically does the same thing ("blocking" 20 damage), and it'll be slightly better against Darkrai decks
Thats how I received most of them myself as well tbh
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Marath, Will of the Wild pushes for a big mana spin on tokens, with its weird activated ability to go along with that, while Gahiji, Honored One has a political bend to its ability
For clarity, the text of the card reads as follows: +2: Create a Food token +1: Target artifact or creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3 -5: Exchange control of target artifact or creature you control and target creature an opponent controls with power 3 or less