For the cost, theyre decent value and a nice little package as a treat for card-game-curious Disney fans
He turns all black mana into Phyrexian mana, allowing you to cast huge creatures in exchange for life
Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers - 10th August 2016 Greetings, TechRaptor Readers and Magic: The Gathering fans
While we already saw the power of Thalia in powered formats, where she can hate out combo decks and slow down sweepers, such as in the Five-Color Humans deck above, the card has also enjoyed a great deal of success as just a good card for aggressive, creature-heavy decks. Creatures (27) 3 Fiend Hunter 4 Champion of the Parish 3 Avacyn's Pilgrim 3 Mayor of Avabruck 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2 Restoration Angel 3 Sigarda, Host of Herons 4 Silverblade Paladin 2 Druid's Familiar Lands (25) Spells (8) While Thalias ability is so good, she would likely see a fair bit of play even without first strike, its actually the first strike that really gets her over the finish line
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Each trigger creates five artifacts in a 4-player game, which is conveniently enough to activate Time Sieve, and the rest is history