Its a decent creature on rate, a 2/2 for two which can gain some card advantage, and the enlist keyword makes it a great attacker, too
However, the last part of the ability will check how much life you've gained as the ability resolves, so if you've only gained 5 life this turn by the time the end step comes around, you could still gain 2 more life while this ability is on the stack in order to return the target creature card to the battlefield instead of your hand
Boros Burn with Boltwave 4 Battlefield Forge 4 Boltwave 4 Boros Charm 4 Burst Lightning 4 Emberheart Challenger 2 Fugitive Codebreaker 4 Hired Claw 4 Inspiring Vantage 4 Lightning Helix 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Monstrous Rage 6 Mountain 2 Raucous Carnival 2 Restless Bivouac 1 Rockface Village 2 Shock 4 Slickshot Show-Off 1 Thran Portal 2 Fugitive Codebreaker 2 Obliterating Bolt 2 Scorching Shot 3 Screaming Nemesis 3 Torch the Tower 3 Urabrask's Forge In previous iterations, red aggro decks in Standard focused on creatures, aiming to dominate the battlefield with Knights and Mice
To me, this is way cooler than busted-Eldrazi-Titan no
This is the first card in Magic: The Gathering history to feature Affinity for Birds. In the past, this probably wouldnt have been keyworded, but recent changes by Wizards have pushed the mechanic into prominence
Selling Magic Cards in Europe Two Worlds, Two Markets The Magic: The Gathering market is global but Europe and the USA differ significantly: In the US, platforms like TCGPlayer , ChannelFireball , or eBay US dominate
