I doubt Sorin is weaker than Avacyn though - he's an incredibly ancient vampire to begin with, so he's easily one of the stronger planeswalkers, and walkers are still significantly above normal mages.
Of course, odds are Avacyn knows full well her own origin. I think some of the oldest of the vampires know as well, since Sorin is known to them as a traitor (I doubt the specifics are told to anyone though). It's just a very well-kept secret that the great symbol of hope for humans was actually created as more of a sheepdog.
An Avacyn Fallen card would be kind of interesting from a story perspective (if she didn't know her origin, and Nahiri told her in a way to break her... well...). Of course, Avacyn having a spark would be kind of cool - losing Elspeth means we don't have the tormented hero running about in white so much. And there's certainly precedent for artificial beings having a spark.
Prophet of Kuphrix is 100% bonkers in a creature build, since it's straight "all turns are my turn" aside from attacking. If you stick that and it's not dealt with fast you win. Plus, it helps the whole "need to untap with Riku out" problem.
Fathom Mage is my favorite card advantage. It's not hard for it to quickly become a pair of 5/5 or bigger bodies and net 8 cards for a 6 mana investment.
Deadwood Treefolk is a nice way to keep recycling your creatures. As a bonus, the copy can return the original when they vanish.
Aethersnipe has done a lot of tempo work for me because I can evoke, copy, bounce the original to save it, and then bounce something annoying. It's slow, grinding advantage but it works.
Glen-Elendra Archmage needs seconding. Since persist triggers ETB again, you can get up to four counters out of it, and that's before accounting for how trivially you can keep creatures coming back with green around.
Of course, odds are Avacyn knows full well her own origin. I think some of the oldest of the vampires know as well, since Sorin is known to them as a traitor (I doubt the specifics are told to anyone though). It's just a very well-kept secret that the great symbol of hope for humans was actually created as more of a sheepdog.
An Avacyn Fallen card would be kind of interesting from a story perspective (if she didn't know her origin, and Nahiri told her in a way to break her... well...). Of course, Avacyn having a spark would be kind of cool - losing Elspeth means we don't have the tormented hero running about in white so much. And there's certainly precedent for artificial beings having a spark.
Fathom Mage is my favorite card advantage. It's not hard for it to quickly become a pair of 5/5 or bigger bodies and net 8 cards for a 6 mana investment.
Deadwood Treefolk is a nice way to keep recycling your creatures. As a bonus, the copy can return the original when they vanish.
Aethersnipe has done a lot of tempo work for me because I can evoke, copy, bounce the original to save it, and then bounce something annoying. It's slow, grinding advantage but it works.
Glen-Elendra Archmage needs seconding. Since persist triggers ETB again, you can get up to four counters out of it, and that's before accounting for how trivially you can keep creatures coming back with green around.