It's the most powerful Five Color card in your arsenal
Avoid Sidisi, Brood Tyrant and Gisa and Geralftwo zombie commanders that use self-mill to fuel their strategiesin favor of those like Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver that use the graveyard lightly
However, because its ability activates on attack, this sword wont work on double strike youll need something like Aurelia, the Warleader to create a new combat phase to milk Animist for all its worth
In older computer games like Shandalar, some folks mention a 500-card limit
For each token you have enter the battlefield under your control, you get to put a +1/+1 counter on it
With Salvation Swan, you can save creatures from dying by removing them from combat during the damage step