Ayli, Eternal PilgrimAyli makes a successful comeback. After sideboarding this card, I felt something was missing. Her abilites can be useful, though I haven't used them that much. Her body is very valuable, and having deathtouch scares the opponent into sacrificing it's early creatures. Gives you time to build up your mana base and accumulate spells.
Lone Rider
Has a great synergy with everything giving you life. Reduced from 4 in the deck, to 3, now to 2. This creature has no value whatso ever when it's not transformed. You MUST play it, only if you know you'll get the 3 life in a turn. Otherwise, it's a suicide.
Gisela, the Broken BladeStrong flyer, lifegain triggers Lone Rider
to transform. Dies quite easily though. It's interesting to play if you have Bruna, the Fading Light in your hand though. Often I will play Gisela, try to attack at least one time for the life gain, then let her die to various spells, to then make her come back with Bruna, then meld in the same turn. Quite brutal !!
Bruna, the Fading LightCosts a ton of mana to cast, but damn this is a hard card to deal with (for your opponent). Sadly we do not have a lot of creatures in our deck, but mostly angels and humans. So there is a strong possibility that you will bring back Gisela, the Broken Blade, Linvala, the Preserver, Lone Rider
or Kambal, Consul of Allocation. Even without melding into Brisela, Voice of Nightmares, she can make you win the game.
Kalitas, Traitor of GhetScares the shit out of the opponent. If Kalitas is not dealt with immediately, it will become an problem for the opponent. We have a lot of removal in our deck so it's easy to trigger Kalitas's ability to pump him up. The only reason I have a single one in the deck is the price of the card. Though I tend to draw Kalitas quite often, with the various draw spells I have in the deck.
Kambal, Consul of Allocation Solid 2/3. Keeps a lot of creatures from attacking early in game. The ability is just great, in combination with Authority of the Consuls, it's possible to transform a Lone Rider
in a single opponent turn (given they play 1 creature spell + 1 non-creature spell).
Linvala, the Preserver Plays best when you are behind in a matchup. If you can wait to trigger BOTH her abilities on her entering the battlefield, wait. This will give you time to draw more cards to take over the game.
