If you then play an item, his second ability IT WORKS
This is a massive elemental avatar, and it has the stats and abilities to reflect that
It might need an extra little push to become consistent in Standard though
It effectively weaponizes all of the extra life you gain, and it can even be a combo piece (alongside Exquisite Blood)
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