It helps that the mana can be any combination of colors, while Savage Ventmaw can only make red and green mana when it attacks
Once in a blue moon, a very special pick could appear: 1 of 500 serialized headliner Bitterbloom Bearer cards featuring art by Rebecca Guay
Ademi of the Silkchutes Adept Watershaper Aegis Angel Agent of the Shadow Thieves Ajani's Presence Akiri, Fearless Voyager Akroma's Will Akroma's Will And They Shall Know No Fear Angelic Guardian Archangel Avacyn Azlask, the Swelling Scourge Bant Basri Ket Bast, Panther Goddess Bastion Protector Besieged Viking Village Bleeding Effect Blizzard Brawl Bonds of Mortality Boromir, Warden of the Tower Break of Day Bulwark Ox Campsite Cuisine Captain America, Skybound Cecil, Redeemed Paladin Chance for Glory Darksteel Forge Dauntless Escort Destined // Lead Destined // Lead Divine Resilience Duty Beyond Death Eldrazi Monument Elspeth, Knight-Errant Emeria's Call Endurance Bobblehead Ephemeral Shields Erebos's Titan Etchings of the Chosen Everybody Lives
Being non legendary is great outside of Commander because multiples of this 2-drop add up well
In the mid-cost version, we'll be looking at some more rare and super rare card with Resist that can help us have a more dominant presence on the board while you bounce your Merlins around
There are a lot of ways to abuse this kind of power, like, once again, using a Walking Ballista, but basically every Creature benefits from this powerful, and very cheap, ability
