If youve never witnessed the Angelo Cannon in action, do yourself a favor and find it on YouTube
Islandwalk : 6 cards Turning Islandwalk into unblockable : 3 cards Tap/Untap Synergy : 11 cards Deeproot Pilgrimage, Merrow Commerce, Kioras Follower, Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca, Lullmage Mentor, Merfolk Sovereign, Merrow Reejerey, Seahunter, Empress Galina, Murkfiend Liege, Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze Although the optimal Merfolk Tribal commander for tap/untap strategy is Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca, untap strategy also works well in our Merfolk Tribal build too, either as support to our aggro strategy (untap is enabling our creatures to block even after attacking) or as an amplifier of our creatures with powerful tap abilities (among them is Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca as part of the 99)
On discussing the possibility of an unban for any of these, Verhey said that "we did talk about these cards and are not unbanning them at this time", and that the "book is closed on these three cards"
She appeared again in the Scars of Mirrodin block, but Elspeth didn't become a truly great MtG hero until the Theros block, where she personally slew Xenagos to save Theros from certain doom
But Hypergenesis gets shut down by the exact same hate cards, and it would play exactly the same as Living End or Glimpse of Tomorrow do in a relatively high percentage of the games (either you find a hate card or counterspell to stop it, or you lose when it resolves)
