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Taking out the creature underneath is a great way to bring the whole stack down

Collective Brutality is typically run in decks that utilize graveyard recursion like Abzan Greasefang

It ramps your mana, gains you life, draws you cards and, importantly for this deck gives you +1/+1 counters

It is an interesting card with a unique effect, and it is actually very powerful right now, given the presence of the Elemental Incarnations or cards like Archon of Cruelty or Urzas Saga Tokens

If the target creature is an illegal target as Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal's last ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen