If we're looking to only hit opposing threats, Bonfire of the Damned, Flame Wave, Street Spasm, and Immolating Gyre keep your army safe from the blast waves
But without a Maui on board, you are giving up a lot of tempo to activate the Shapeshift ability
This is especially important with Secret Lair, Universes Beyond, and premium variants
That second ability might be a little hard to parse, but basically, youll always get to untap your creatures regardless of what combat phase youre in, as long as you hit with a 7 power or higher creature
While Lilianas Triumph will likely be a fringe player in Standard, it will shine like crazy in Legacy, where its less powerful analog, Diabolic Edict, was already seeing widespread play in order to deal with True-Name Nemesis
As he holds aloft some kind of giant hoop on a stick, the expression on his face is less "I am in control!" and more "arrrrgh, I'm in control?" This is backed up by the card text, "you cannot fight the storm." When even the card knows the task is futile, I'm still unsure why this terrified-looking bird has been given the task of trying to tame a storm
