I don't think this bodes will for afterlife if this is the mythic. Afterlife 2 is a nice bonus but a vanilla-ish 4/3 flyer is not what I'm looking for out of my orzhov 4's.
Interesting Gisela variant with afterlife. Trades with anything and passes the Vindicate test. This won't crack my top 4 Orzhov, but I won't be surprised to see other people cube it, I think it's pretty decent.
I like this a great deal more than others seem to. The threat of activation on the deathtouch is real, and leaving behind two 1/1 fliers is great. It doesn't go in the same archetype, but I may take this for a spin over Magister of Worth.
This angel doesn't feel amazing at first glance but when you think about it the card is a steal for 4 cmc. You get efficient beater with a great rattlesnake ability that leaves behind 2 flying bodies. Super solid, but not quite spicy enough IMO. I like Lingering Souls more in token/stax builds and I don't need another 4 drop in Orzhov.
Certainly a strong card, but orzhov is incredible and the four drop slot is not at all where it's looking for more.
I don't hate testing it for variety, but almost no chance it cracks the top 5 for me.
She's a solid midrange creature, putting pressure, trading with other big things, while generating value.. But the pressure isn't overwhelming, has no disruptive quality, can still be exiled for no value.. The big things in cube go over the top of her effectively.
She's better suited to a grindy, removal heavy environment like standard. (though probably a fail in this standard because of lava coil/vraska's contempt)
I think this is a miss for me. It's a nice creature, but I don't see it cracking my Orzhov section. If vigilance were a static ability, I'd like it a lot more.
Looks like a very efficient Orzhov creature. I don't think this will crack my top 3 though.
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I don't hate testing it for variety, but almost no chance it cracks the top 5 for me.
She's a solid midrange creature, putting pressure, trading with other big things, while generating value.. But the pressure isn't overwhelming, has no disruptive quality, can still be exiled for no value.. The big things in cube go over the top of her effectively.
She's better suited to a grindy, removal heavy environment like standard. (though probably a fail in this standard because of lava coil/vraska's contempt)
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