mtg elspeth cards Archangel Elspeth: The Hero of Magic: The Gathering You gain 5 life ≫ MTG Elspeth's Smite decks

For one, humans love to watch numbers incrementand whether it's your bank account, your level in an RPG, or your life total in Magic , having more of something is always nice

And creature copies gain haste

You dont get an immediate buff as you do with a traditional typal lord, but its buff sticks around should this creature die, plus it invites +1/+1 counter synergies to the party

Or do you prefer the thicker Commander stand-ins

While a very efficient tutor for the mana cost, sacrificing a creature was a pretty big ask when the Commander format was slower, running more akin to a battlecruiser environment full of big creatures slugging it out than the much more intricate version we play today