The Evoke ability makes it such that it is almost never a dead card, and thus a great maindeck staple
It can be used to protect your own creature as well as to recycle good ETB triggers from cards like Mulldrifter, Solitude, Fury, you name it
Last updated on March 18, 2026 Soul of New Phyrexia | Illustration by Daarken There are few greater joys in Magic than amassing a field of synergistic creatures that promise to overwhelm your opponents with their military might and your tactical genius and few tragedies more heartbreaking than seeing that board wasted due to combat or sweepers like Storm's Wrath and Burn Down the House
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Expansions will only remain legal in Standard for at most a couple of years, before rotating out and being replaced
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