The huge size of the worm seemingly makes it easy to call, but the sheer determination evident in the Warriors stance muddies the waters, leaving us hanging on the edge of a cliff with a stellar view
Our options are therefore as follows: Azorius v Jund: Will, Scion of Peace & Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper + Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar Rakdos v Bant: Judith, Carnage Connoisseur & Shanna, Purifying Blade Selesnya v Grixis: Trelasarra, Moon Dancer & Solkanar the Swamp King Boros v Sultai: Firesong and Sunspeaker & Zimone and Dina Golgari v Jeskai: Beledros Witherbloom & The Archimandrite Okay, there should be six, but if you can find an oppositional pair in Dimir and Naya that can both be reasonably called a life gain deck, go for it
This ability still isn't anything to write home about, but it still manages to figure in about 10-20% of popular Slivers decks on EDHREC.com, usually led by The First Sliver, Sliver Overlord, or Sliver Hivelord
I'll drop word for one of the best of those payoffs, because I just freaking' love this pinging ol' dragon: Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Aristocrats - There are a number of builds that run cheap one and 2-drop fodder and then sacrifice them to engines for various game winning effects and death triggers like Blood Artist
Premier aggro decks in Standard over the first few weeks would be crazy to not run this card, as the damage output and consistency is provides are just too much to ignore
