The trade-off is that your opponent gains life equal to that creature's power, but that doesnt matter much in a game
A flimsy rectangle of white paper simply doesn't communicate personality, creativity, or attention to craft
For instance, rolling a blank while the Pompeii plane is face up allows you to Scry 2 and put an eruption counter on it
A 1/1 isnt nothingit can save you a lot of life by chump-blocking, it can poke your opponent for a few points of damage, it can carry Equipment, and perhaps most exciting of all, you can reuse its enters-the-battlefield ability with all sorts of shenanigans
It's good to paralyze tougher cards when possible since it's just one more thing they'll have to shake off while wreaking havoc against you on the battlefield
GX decks To do so we need to bend the rules somewhat - this list of the best Yu-Gi-Oh