Read this card as a 4/4 for 5 that deals 4 damage to a creature, gains 4, and mills 4 on ETB. The spell has two targets, so the creature getting Resto'd still means you get the 4/4. Probably only for larger cubes, but much more powerful than people in the Rumor Mill give it credit for. The only real problem is against creatureless decks.
Flametongue Kavu combined with Obstinate Baloth lifegain is pretty nice. This would've been amazing at 4 mana, at 5-mana I think it's slightly above average. Definitely cubeable, there's just a lot of competition in Dimir, and this is rubbing shoulders with Hostage Taker / The Scarab God / Dragonlord Silumgar.
A couple years ago and I think this would have gotten in more easily. Still this is a pretty great spell that I wouldn't fault anyone for running. I may test it myself but I have no idea what I'd cut for it.
The incidental lifegain is pretty tempting to help control decks stabilize from a low life total, and the body+removal is nice. Dimir is deep, but I could see this getting there for larger guild sections like mine.
Read this card as a 4/4 for 5 that deals 4 damage to a creature, gains 4, and mills 4 on ETB. The spell has two targets, so the creature getting Resto'd still means you get the 4/4. Probably only for larger cubes, but much more powerful than people in the Rumor Mill give it credit for. The only real problem is against creatureless decks.
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