Kambal gives everyone a painful reminder of the tax on tokens with cards like Forbidden Orchard, Dowsing Dagger, and Clackbridge Troll
Unlike symmetrical damage doublers that affect all players, Lightning's targeted approach creates advantages for the player while adequately giving the core concept of FF13's stagger mechanic
Whats your soldier build of choice
Well, the fact its a little slower to come down means its maybe less good in the Command Zone for cEDH min-maxing, but it will see play in the 99s of both that and Winota, and its still a very viable option for more casual tables
Smugglers Copter can allow cheap value creatures to have a big impact in combat
MTG has lots of land disruption effects, of course, but Quarum Trench Gnomes does it in a totally different way than today's land-hate cards