Nils Hamm Baleful Strix | Illustration by Nils Hamm Its all about Baleful Strix, right
It gives you consistent value with a scry 1 every time a creature ETB's under your control, and the second time that happens in a turn, you get to draw a card
They all have flying (obviously) and most of them also sport vigilance or lifelink, making them big-ticket fighters with tons of evasion and protection tricks
1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury is a green planeswalker that represents one of the game's most iconic and popular legendary characters
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While card draw is certainly incredibly important, Esper Sentinels alternative effect a cost increase placed upon the first noncreature spell each opponent casts each turn gains an increase in value across stax, as the emphasis on disruption via stalled early game development becomes crucial to the overall stax plan