When paired with edict effects that can force each player to sacrifice a creature, Vren is going to create an unstoppable board very quickly, and that's ignoring all the death triggers that will occur as players attack and block each other's creatures
Ursula reached her tentacles around Lorcana in Set Four, and Jafar now extends his staff as the new sultan of Lorcana in Set Eight
However, if you want to use this creature as your Orzhov commander or as part of your infect deck, it's an option
The Magic card Aerith Rescue Mission encapsulates that choice perfectly: you can either take the elevator, giving you three 1/1 Hero Tokens (representing Cloud, Tifa, and Barrett being ready to fight), or you can take the stairs, which lets you tap and stun up to three creatures (representing their cardio-induced duress)
Creatures (13) Planeswalkers (3) Lands (23) Spells (21) 4 Galvanic Blast 4 Kuldotha Rebirth 4 Panic Spellbomb 4 Ichor Wellspring 4 Artillerize 1 Mycosynth Wellspring Sideboard In many ways, Koth would function as a four-power haste creature, but one that was fairly resilient to removal and the possibility of trading in combat
There are a lot of essential Magic cards that cost 1 mana, and Mental Missteps option to be cast without any mana means the blue player will be countering spells before theyve even taken their first turn
