The blitz effect (sacrifice at the end of the turn and draw a card when it dies) also only applies if the creature was cast by paying the blitz cost, not if its copied
In the vast majority of games, the life that your opponent gains from you nuking their creatures with Swords to Plowshares will not amount to much, unless theyre playing a black deck with life-to-resource cards (watch out for Toxic Deluge or worse, Yawgmoths Bargain !) Swords to Plowshares isnt a particularly expensive card, and its very easy to find
In the present day, I likely wouldnt be where I am now without either of these franchises, so I couldnt be happier seeing them collide in such a mutually respectful collaboration
It was fine in the way that self-contained card-advantage machine for two mana (that could, separately, counter an opposing Bitterblossom) is fine
Constantly looting twice a turn cycle will absolutely improve the quality of your hand and help dig to other win conditions, even if you arent playing him with second-draw synergy cards like Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse (hint: you should)
The Slow Lands Always entering untapped from turn 3 onwards makes these some of the best and most unconditional lands weve ever seen
