Flying keeps it safe from the brutes on the ground, and first strike pretty much guarantees it will kill any weakened flyer who tries to block it
This way, you can choose exactly how many permanents and how many extra turns you have, and there can be no colluding between your opponents to give you the worst deal
Without Tidus' intervention, Sin was posed to continue wreaking havoc across Spira, demolishing cities that relied too much on technology
For some cards, even possibly enough to retire on
Key payoffs for Felothar are creatures like Basking Broodscale and Scurry Oak that produce tokens when counters are put onto them
Even though card templating is very consistent, be aware that that functionally do the same thing can still be structured in different ways