Other Cards from Battle for Baldur's Gate Blood Money is a key mass removal spell for this build since it destroys all dorks, for one more mana than I'd prefer, and makes a ton of tapped Treasures for future turns to use to cast your exiled dork while equipping, dropping removal, using Vorpal Sword, and loads more
Given how many decks play a handful of mana rocks and utility artifacts, its not hard for this to be swinging for four to eight damage in the early game
Then it deals double damage to anything not just the player it smashes, so you might want to put this on your Commander for a free Commander Damage out of nowhere, don't sleep on that
FAQ Section Absolutely NOT
Purphoros's abilities function while it's on the battlefield, regardless of whether it's a creature
Smugglers Copter hovered over Standard, Modern, and eventually Pioneer as a threat, card-filtering tool, and Goyf-enabler