By sacrificing creatures, Ayli allows her controller to gain life equal to a sacrificed creature's toughness
It does, however, have the bonus ability of being able to steal your opponents' cards, allowing you to play them instead
One of the novel's most memorable rescues comes to life in The Eagles Are Coming!, which temporarily returns your creatures to your hand before replacing them with Eagle tokens on your next upkeep
Counterspell took many years to get printed into Modern and remains a staple in Dimir Murktide and Azorius control shells
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For this reason, Infect decks are often hyper-aggressive, looking to deal as much damage with their Infect creatures as possible before their opponents can stabilize and establish a proper board state