Ajani, Nacatl Pariah / Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Ajani, Nacatl Pariah is just the most premium 2-drop you can play if you're playing any sort of aggressive strategy
Planequake: ~$15 #2
Thats especially true as we get subtypes like vehicles and spacecraft for artifacts and creatures, or enchantment types like class, saga, and case
Rather than a vanilla 2/2, you would get a 2/2 reach, trample, Ward 2 creature
The upshot of that is: they're going to let you have the treasure, and more often than not
While we already saw the power of Thalia in powered formats, where she can hate out combo decks and slow down sweepers, such as in the Five-Color Humans deck above, the card has also enjoyed a great deal of success as just a good card for aggressive, creature-heavy decks. Creatures (27) 3 Fiend Hunter 4 Champion of the Parish 3 Avacyn's Pilgrim 3 Mayor of Avabruck 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2 Restoration Angel 3 Sigarda, Host of Herons 4 Silverblade Paladin 2 Druid's Familiar Lands (25) Spells (8) While Thalias ability is so good, she would likely see a fair bit of play even without first strike, its actually the first strike that really gets her over the finish line
