MTG Salvation

Even without any sort of self-protection, this seems amazing because of the near-uncounterable cast trigger.

Has to be done for what it is. At least in a block without some kicker variant for creatures. (I mean, yeah, arguably, adapt is a kicker variant, albeit more like monstrosity or level up, but you know what I mean.)

One less than cloudblazer for half the effect or one more than cloudblazer for +2/+2 and trample. No flickering shenanigans but cast trigger is valuable. Love the flexibility and the fact that it is in a guild that can ramp.

Besides that, it also means few bigger things will be blocking it. Flying and trample is kind of an odd combination: Flying means fewer things will be blocking it, but the things that do block it will generally be smaller (outside of Commander).

It's no Sphinx's Revelation, but it doesn't have to be. I'm calling this Mutant Revelation.

Jellyfish Hydra?

Oh, it's Simic.

Probably the least ridiculous critter they've come up with.

This would've been a bit more flexible with Flash (maybe in lieu of one of the other keywords), but as-is it seems decently powerful.

2GU for a 2/2 Flying Trample draw 1 card, gain 1 life is pretty good. 4/4 Flying Trample Draw 2 Gain 2 for 4GU is also pretty good. 6UG+ is where the value starts getting degenerate (as it should for that much mana).

The cast trigger instead of ETB is fantastic for managing control decks.

While it's applications in non-rotating formats might be limited, I'm tempted to see what it might be like in some flavor of Tron. If nothing else, it'll assuredly have some time in the sun in Standard.

This seems to be a great Control finisher, especially at the X=4 cost. Putting a 4/4 flying trampler that gains 2 life and draws 2 card seems really good.

I think that there's a strong possibility for some sort of Temur Ramp deck, especially with Growth Spiral being spoiled. T2 Spiral into a T3 Circuitous Route is really quite good since you'll be able start casting some pretty massive threats WAY early.

On second thought, this card seems like it could push Golgari to go Sultai. Being able to put a 4/4 Flying Trampler that gains 2 life and draws 2 cards at 6 mana seems really good. Add in the normal suite of 2-1 creatures that Golgari could run and I think you have a solid Sultai Rock shell in the making.