Throughout Magics history white has had various Fairgrounds Warden type effects that can remove permanents from the battlefield, but only for as long as Fairgrounds Warden remains in play
Howard Lyon, the original illustrator of Cathartic Reunion, knows full well the power of the parable
Ratchet Bomb and Magistrates Scepter both have super powerful effects, provided you can get enough charge counters on them
While is pretty steep for a 5/3 creature, when it enters, its first chapter destroys target creature a foe controls, its second chapter is the your foe loses the game one, which is obviously awesome, and the third chapter draws you two cards and forces all players to lose two life
There are loads of cool cards to pick up for newer players who might not have ever had the chance to draft a Shock land or a CloudStone Curio, and that is undoubtedly exciting
I like this very much in decks with the Spellslinger with instants/sorceries cast and then triggering Guttersnipe or Young Pyromancer...right