I haven't felt the need to add it and I don't think I would pick it over glory-bound initiate. I have played with it a bit on MTG Arena, it is definitely a solid beater, the 4 life is definitely a steep cost but when you pay it it feels like a steal.
The threat of activation is also a big deal for this card, the fact you could pay the life to keep it alive will keep her out of the line of fire.
It wouldn't be out of place in anyones cube but it wasn't interesting enough to me to go out of my way to get one.
I also prefer the style points of paying life to kill myself, denying my opponent the true taste of victory.
Unfortunately this doesn't work quite that often, since you have to have a (multiple of 4) life to kill yourself. You can't pay 4 when you have 1,2, or 3 life.
You can kill yourself on t2 though, if you ever want someone in your cube to say "I won on t2".
I wasn't too sure if that was the case, but if you don't tell my drafters I wont
I like it a lot, 4 health may seem steep but it is optional. In agro you aren't too concerned about you life total so 4 health to keep your guy alive and trade for theirs is a decent deal (sometimes you may not even need to as the threat of activation may put them off blocking). If your on the back foot it can blank a non-trampler for 4 health, it's pricy but your saving some health vs anything with 5 or more power. I think the threat of activation is going to save it more often than you think, although its hard to evaluate without asking my opponents afterwards.
It dodges a lot of removal such as sweepers that traditionally punish aggressive decks, in this matchup its great as I'm more than happy to pay 4 health to keep the pressure on post-sweeper.
I also prefer the style points of paying life to kill myself, denying my opponent the true taste of victory.
Edit: I will probably give it a shot over Aegis of the Gods, that card has been doing very little for a long time.
The threat of activation is also a big deal for this card, the fact you could pay the life to keep it alive will keep her out of the line of fire.
It wouldn't be out of place in anyones cube but it wasn't interesting enough to me to go out of my way to get one.
I wasn't too sure if that was the case, but if you don't tell my drafters I wont
It dodges a lot of removal such as sweepers that traditionally punish aggressive decks, in this matchup its great as I'm more than happy to pay 4 health to keep the pressure on post-sweeper.
I also prefer the style points of paying life to kill myself, denying my opponent the true taste of victory.
Edit: I will probably give it a shot over Aegis of the Gods, that card has been doing very little for a long time.