If it comes to activating it, the life point swing is often enough to put the game out of reach for opponents
He pulls double duty as a way to reduce the cost of removal, but also as a way to pull off a White-Black Enchantress build
Sagas and legendaries aside, there's a gazillion artifacts to make Jhoira click as one of Izzet's best competitive commanders, and one of Magic's best artifact commanders
Tidus also, at the beginning of the player combat phase, can move a counter from one controlled creature to another
Heading into the games I figured Eddymurk Crab was the best of the bunch since it can tap down opposing creatures, which is why we are playing four copies of the crab and two each of the others, but after playing the games I came away impressed with Serpent of the Pass
The five-card cycle of land type land cycling (Plainscycling, Islandcycling, etc...) are all creatures