Both of these beefy beat-sticks cost eight mana and have haste, and even though Forerunners only gives your team +2/+2, compared the massive potential increase from Hoof, it has the added benefit of giving everything vigilance, which will let you safely attack while leaving you with blockers, assuming anyone is left standing
Their uniqueness in both theme and art style is what draws me in and excites me
Be it a reanimator deck that needs self-mill, a storm deck, or a Splinter Twin + Pestermite combo deck, blue is usually involved somehow
I cant express enough how much I enjoy this art, and it fits perfectly with Bragos theme and colors
Lighting plays a monumental role in the 13 saga, going from a common rebel to a celestial being
While white has other token generators that are also sagas, particularly in current Standard, the sequence of token batches over multiple turns uniquely captures the progressive nature of the summon's animation, rather than creating them all at once