Donquixote Doflamingo (OP04-031) When you play this card, a total of 3 opposing characters will be blocked in the rest position until the next turn
Lands Color was still fairly important, and despite the moderate cost of most of the decks spells, youll find 26 lands present
That means that you can have Zilortha or another attacker kill the chump blocker in front of it or assign damage to whatever its attacking, be that a player, planeswalker, or battle
Basically phase out means the creature and everything attached to it ceases to exist -- it doesn't change zones, it just goes poof , totally gone and can't be interacted with in any way, until it phases back in (exists again) at the beginning of its controller's next turn
Prized Amalgam and Haunted Dead are the perfect bodies to sacrifice to Elder Deep-Fiend
A notable example of the latter is UBx Tezzerator, which trades the power of cantrips for the ability to shut down other-cantrip laden decks with Chalice of the Void