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Apparently, whenever the Phantasmal Sphere dies (which is inevitable due to its upkeep event) it makes a smaller 'Orb token' for your enemy

We don't want that so we need to keep them in fear of losing their window of opportunity and therefore use their resources in more of an hurry

Although your opponent gets to put something out too, youre usually dropping an Emrakul or an Omniscience that ends the game before they can use their new toy

While this depends on Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder successfully dealing combat damage to an opponent to trigger this ability, there are plenty of sneaky ways of getting it through to connect with an opponent