Edited sentence: - A 'Sliver King' created from a fusion of slivers exposed to the irradiating power of Karona.- A card using Scourge's 'Storm' mechanic to summon dragons from your deck.- A life stealing card which increases power by the more spells you play before it.- A pseudo-counterspell that was unique for some time by being able to counter triggered abilities.- notable for being the result of the first You Make The Card feature of magicthegathering.- originally a magical being who forced her controller's creatures to gang up on him/her, Karona became a control-loose omni-race goddess who boosted the statistics of a chosen creature race when she attacks.- this card was restricted in Type One or Vintage before even being legal for tournament play.A key card in Makahito Mihara's 2006 World Champion deck.He was designed as both a utility creature and a 'hoser' against opponent slivers.Magic: the Gathering officials have made apologies for creating Karona, citing that it could have been vastly improved upon.Tendrils has become the central win condition of choice for Type 1 combo; the variations in combos are just different paths to achieving the same "lethal storm count".This card redefined combo decks in Type 1, rewarding that format's ability to play large numbers of very cheap spells in a turn, via accelerants such as Black Lotus, and over-powered recursion, ie Yawgmoth's Will