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Steel Seraph has evasion, can come down early, and has lifelink

Scenario: Your opponent is playing a deck designed to take three 2-prize KOs for the win (a 2-2-2 map)

cant activate it without delaying drawing Warden till turn 5 (might as well Blackmail Kolaghans Command actually) My turn 3: Make Warden a warrior, attack with 3/3 (12 life) Opponent turn 4: Cast, and make Warden a 3/3, dont attack My turn 4: Make Warden a lifelinking spirit, dont attack Opponent turn 5: make Warden a lifelinking spirit, attack (15 life) My turn 5: Make an 8/8 Actually, wait, 15 life is less than 19 life

The commander, Teval, the Balanced Scale, creates a loop of sacrificing and reanimating that feels inevitable in long games