So long as you control a creature with a power of 4 or greater, Winds of Qal Sisma only prevents combat damage dealt by your opponents' creatures
It was legal in Standard at the same time as Humility, which created a rulings headache for anyone that didnt want games to come to a screeching, laborious halt
While fans of the designer's convention events have come to expect the unexpected, this one was decidedly more intriguing: it came in a sleek black booster pack with mysterious green text Mystery Booster 2 is the return of a Magic fan favorite, packed with all the things players loved about the original Mystery Booster plus nostalgia nods to the past and future
Since the only place Flayer of Loyalties has been released is the Commander Masters precon deck Eldrazi Unbound, copies are likely to be in short supply, which will have only helped to fuel the spike
The key here is that Byrke, Long Ear of the Law doesn't have to be the creature attacking, so you can get double counters on two attackers the turn Burke enters, and it gets out of hand on subsequent turns