And for a cost of one mana and a tap, they can loan those abilities out to a target creature
If another effect (or effects) modifies how much damage a source you control would deal while you have deliriumby preventing some of it, for examplethe player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses the order in which any such effects apply
Phyrexia: All Will Be One changed a bunch of things
Think back to Ranger of Eos it found Soul Sisters, or Serra Ascendant, Mother of Runes maybe, or more recently, Esper Sentinel
Burn and damage have always been reds bread and butter, but because its had to be balanced for competitive duel formats, its efficacy pretty much evaporates in the face of multiple opponents with double the starting life
Three Strength and six Willpower make it a decent defender, too