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I would feel almost entitled to run this in mono white, given the color can still sometimes feel like its punching up, but what makes white decks able to utilize this well is the lifegain that white can do very well

Weve seen four-mana 4/5s dominate Standard before, and having a plan for Ripjaw Raptor is going to be critical for months to come

Not really, but it'll be a fun story (you can and should do this in Standard by the way)

I think Id still take Vindicate before I took this so I could guarantee I could deal with problem lands, but depending on how much your deck wants to play at instant speed, Void Rend might well be more valuable

Turn one Sol Ring into turn two four-mana play represents a tempo advantage that opponents struggle to overcome

He'll let you prevent all damage that would be dealt to a target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, useful if you've already got Kyler handing out counters like there's no tomorrow