10 Bloodbraid Elf When Bloodbraid Elf first appeared in 2009's Alara Reborn set, it was one of the best creatures with the Cascade ability, to the point it was once banned in the competitive Modern format
Well, whites is awesome, as recursion is sometimes the hardest tech to justify if youre not filling your own yard
Connive is a little bit different because theres an upside in discarding nonland cards, thanks to the +1/+1 counter
So youre telling me I can play Foul Emissary on turn 3, reveal Distorted Mindbender, and then on turn 4 I can cast the Mindbender for four mana, emerging the Emissary, and Im allowed to exile two cards from my opponents hand while having a 5/5 and a 3/2 on the battlefield
This is the most baseline version of the token payoffs we'll see today
Her low loyalty and cheap (yet very powerful) ultimate make her unlike other planeswalkers which is nice to play with but annoying because of her weakness to burn