with infinite green mana you can mill yourself and then win with Thassa's Oracle or similar effects
Sylvan Messenger screams 'play me in casual Standard.' Dwynen is a Standard lord for elves, I am not sure about the other formats, which already have very effective lower cost lords, yet I like the life gain ability A LOT
Had this promo been rolled out in conjunction with the launch of Prismatic Evolutions, for example, it would have only made the set harder to get and thus resulted in even fewer actual fans getting the promo card with scalping still rife
The interesting part of this card is that it already comes with a reanimation option, should it die or you discard it
Ultimately, I don't think of 1/1 creatures as being very Gruul
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