You wont always be able to trigger that effortlessly, but it will happen often enough for the Deathpriest to be a very real problem for your opponent, and the great thing is, after you make that first one, youre going to be getting value even if they do find removal for it
Theyre an exciting find if you happen to pull one from a booster pack, as theres generally only 1 Secret Rare in every 24 packs
Granting all your creatures Haste means that The Fire Crystal will be usable in most Commander decks that have predominantly Red spells
Itll serve you well in a good chuck of the Solo battles, but if youre looking to make a quick start in competitive play, this one isnt it
The greatest weakness of edicts are that your opponents can sacrifice insignificant tokens, but the nontoken clause gets around that
It works particularly well on non-white cards, where the frame color contrasts well with the usual black-and-white art