Matoya, Archon Elder is a sweet draw engine, and I can see her fitting into Kenessos sea creatures, Tales of Middle-earth blue-green decks like Elrond and Galadriel, and shell also just generally be a good engine piece in graveyard strategies that surveil a lot, like Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
The artists have truly settled into their groove (six sets in, you'd hope so!) and there's a fab unifying swashbuckling aesthetic going on
You pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards played this way
For any card printed in Stronghold or earlier, youll need to look up the cards rarity
As this is direct damage to any target it is basically the best or joint best of the engine cards too
After that perfect example of the risks inherent to pushing the balance envelope in Standard sets, I predicted that these rapid bannings would only escalate in 2020, unless the philosophy behind such cards was wound back