cynthia full art pokemon card Cynthia's Ambition 169/172 - Brilliant Stars - Ultra Rare Basic Weakness Cynthia FA - Extended Artwork

Ive talked about how there are a plethora of difficult to kill creatures in the format, and Hostage Taker can deal with almost all of them and then allow you to keep the creature for yourself

That part is more than worth doing, as is using its ability to get it out of trouble when the combat its swinging into doesn't go the way you expected

Moreover, even its buff of +2 power works great with Otharri as it has Lifelink, so we may gain 10 Life in total

(It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.") 7.3/10$0.23 Emergency Eject Instant Destroy target nonland permanent

You still get to run your favorite infect and toxic creatures and proliferate effects, just in a different color identity

If you like afflict and want to see it make a return, Id love to hear why