Being able to attack unblocked could allow you to take out a player who thinks they're safe behind a big board, and it can also help you benefit from combat damage triggers
That means we can do ki counters in Esper and use a reanimator shell with my favorite card from this block, Gifts Ungiven
Take the Promising Stairs, and while the other side helps you tutor for rooms, the right side can win you the game with just four split cards
You get very little card quality with Branchwalker but you get generally better returns, either much more value or much more presence
NEMATA, PRIMEVAL WARDEN Nemata is a massive magnigoth treefolk over three thousand feet tall who has served as the dragon Rith's warden for millennia
But its of what is going to be a popular card in this set, so its hard to argue with the choice to eternalize it in the form of an Enchanted rare