At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are fourteen or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Emet-Selch
Regardless, its nice that all targets can come from the same graveyard, which rewards deckbuilding with a lot of possible targets
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
Look Ahead Evaluating the present can be easy: look around, see what is possible, and go from there
Tokens like Koma's Coil can hold value despite being in packs, offers practical in-game utility
Epic cards feature the same art as their standard equivalent, but have a borderless treatment and special rainbow foil
