Watermark: Simic Illustrated by Kieran Yanner Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Cant draw
This is because Leafeon ex is the one who will need to spend more time in the Active Spot , building up your ambitions through Forest Breath
You can Duress on Turn 1, take a counterspell, and hope your opponent doesn't draw another before you cast Chandra, Torch of Defiance on Turn 4, but it's often better to wait until Turn 5, cast your Duress (which will either take a counter from your opponent's hand or force them to spend their mana to cast a counter on your Duress), and then follow up by resolving your Chandra, Torch of Defiance right away while your opponent doesn't have the mana or cards to defend themselves
Neither Dragons nor deathtouch can destroy the Conclave with her around
(2025-06-06) Edgar must be under your control in order to start casting an artifact spell using its first ability, but it doesn't need to stay under your control throughout that process or be under your control as the spell resolves