Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event
Whether the creature had a higher mana value or the effect wasnt attached to a body, Dark Confidant has always remained the best
But when you tack on milling synergies in its first chapter, returning all lands from your graveyard to the battlefield in the second chapter and another target creature getting +X/+X equal to the number of lands you control in the final chapter, youve got the makings of a top-flight game-finisher and yet another example of Summons being playgrounds for the Timmys/Tammys of the world (like me)
Pulling from across the franchise of games, you look at the dive we saw during the panel below
These types of cards reimagine characters in a totally new light, sometimes at odds with their original design or personality
Given the popularity of Thundermaw Hellkite, it is probably a good thing that the Cleric token doesnt have flying itself