It is not as good a threat although it does offer some reach but given that it is also half the price, is playable in many more archetypes and is also a mana ramper and fixer The drawbacks of this card as life gain are that it is slow to get life returns from it, it will situationally not work for life when no dead guys are there to be exiled, it is reasonably easy to kill and it cannot give you a big single injection of life
Rather than building an overly synergistic deck, simply look for 2-for-1s and kill spells, and try to grind out the competition
Thus, before visiting an expert, always try to check the originality of the card yourself
So, Sorayas ability to give birds banding is actually pretty awesome
In this or any other case where Strong is no longer on the battlefield when its enrage ability resolves, you'll still get three rad counters
(Food is an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life." Treasure is an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Creature - Elf Scout Food and Tokens (CTRL to add secondary) Interaction Interaction (CTRL to add secondary) Land Land (CTRL to add secondary) Please Don't Die Semester's End Exile any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers you control
