When Kari Zev realized exactly whom she had rescued, she gave Baral a choice that was no choice at all: help her fight or be thrown overboard
That's what really pushes this synergy up and down the map, you don't have to use it
This version is one of the best cards in Evolving Skies and demonstrates that beauty and value go hand in hand
Just Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy Commander alone have more than 500 cards between new cards and reprints
Like Murderous Redcap, the real value of this card is in decks where you can sacrifice the card an infinite number of times to gain a bunch of life and thus avoid losing
Cards like Katlida, Dawnhart Prime and Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter makes all of your creatures into mana dorks, which removes the need for some of the obnoxious precon cards like Somberwald Sage and gives you more flexibility to do what you want