It is therefore a good way to quickly build up a base of standard format cards which can then be used to move towards one or more decks
Expect Mickey Mouse, Snowboard Ace, to bump shoulders with Jiminy Cricket, Willie the Giant, and Lonely Resting Place pulling double duty as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future
Marcy: More for the cool art, but FF games are (traditionally) turn based RPGs, and this recreates a battle from FFVI, the game that really put FF on a lot of people's radars
If you have a lot of decks like that in your local playgroup, you can take advantage of the End the Turn part of Ultima to stop things happening after it resolves
Arcane Denial is easy to cast, replaces itself and gives the opponent a consolation prize
You'll probably be able to use that mana to play your whole hand, but luckily when Ifrit switches back to Clive, you get to redraw