Having our creatures create Roles serves two purposes in our strategy: the creatures not only generate the tokens that Ghireds ability can copy, they also act as the nontoken bodies that will eventually make use of that ability themselves
Alongside gorgeous art that depicts the city both in its heyday and as ruins, Zanarkand features the Town type for land, which will be sure to raise some eyebrows
Selling the set for the usual Standard price wouldve reduced that risk a lot, but that isnt the path Wizards has chosen
The three-drop Mythic Rare synergizes with the Demon creature type, creating a unique mashup of vampires and demons
Target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker
Reach is one of the better abilities in EDH, given how prevalent flyers are, and how the monarch mechanic becomes more relevant over time