Your opening hand is one land and 6 nonlands
Gain 2 life, surveil two, make a 4/4, and then draw a permanent card
Drawing cards and gaining life is always welcome, and Elenda and Azor takes that a step further by throwing token generation into the mix
It's also more relevant in draft, with a 40 card deck the difference in 1 land is hugeCruncher Cruncher2017-03-20 19:20:46 +00:00Commented Mar 20, 2017 at 19:20 1@AlexP I responded before actually reading that article, which btw was a great read
In fact we have enough cards that make and interact with Treasures now that you can build a whole EDH deck around them, and I can bet you that Xorn is going in every single one its currently the top red card from the set at 1600 EDH decks on EDHREC, and the third most popular card overall
On top of that, you cant interact with anything that isnt a four-power creature