Most decks like to run this card because it provides a way to banish a card on the field or in the graveyard at the expense of not being able to attack directly
It may not look like it, considering that the card is five mana and you can only use each of his abilities once, but it is incredibly easy to ignore Exhaust with some clever deckbuilding
Ever since Ravnica and Dimirs Guild, Ive liked the Mill mechanic and decided to use it to search for Fblthp in the contracting decks, while in my own searching for him by drawing cards so that the little lost creature can be guided back to home safety
In any set that includes them, they make up the most expensive cards that you can pull
R/W : Boros Reckoner gains first strike until end of turn
However, if you do choose a target, and that target is illegal at the time Witch's Mark tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen