Venerated Loxodon benefits from having other creatures on the battlefield, and most party decks play lots of creatures
If the artifact is a vehicle, it keeps its original stats, which can be a big advantageespecially with the likes of Consulate Dreadnought, which comes in cheap but has a steep crew cost
If youre playing a For Mirrodin! equipment deck you can lower this cards cost to only a single point of mana, but you absolutely dont need to
Sample Decklist The Space-Time Smackdown (A2) version of Ralts has Teleport, allowing it to retreat without losing an Energy , which is usually preferable to the ten damage the Genetic Apex version can do
For instance, if a card says "You may sacrifice a creature or discard a card," does the player first choose between buttons that say "Discard a card" and "Sacrifice a creature," or do they just get an option to click on either a card in their hand or a creature they control