On top of that, any counter-based deck be it +1/+1 counters, ability counters or something else weird loves this card, especially when you can use that trample damage to ramp out even more threats
Theyre a five mana Blue and Red 4/3 with flying, which is really useful given their ability
This is a lot of fun for messing with your opponents heads, because they can never be sure that they shouldnt block Balan with everything they have
Note that the 2-color surveil lands have land types, and the green ones work with Bloom-Kin
Boros can struggle in terms of getting extra lands out, and so we're going to use everything we can
Xyris' downfall is the fact that he is a bit too obvious about giving you more value than your opponents because he draws you cards as well and spits out Snake tokens