It's also worth noting that your opponent has plenty of time to discard it in most situations. If it's summoned with the Phoenix feather in a hidden game, it's very easy to tell where it is on hand (and that the card didn't give a gems gain), and you know it's not going to be played until more Burning cards exist. I once waited for my opponent to have the necessary gems to play it before discarding it with Elemental storm in a Hidden game.