Felidar Sovereign Felidar Sovereign requires you to have 40 life at the beginning of your upkeep to win, and hey, thats your starting life in EDH
Gaining Hexproof is also super-relevant, as it turns off direct damage effects, discard effects, and a lot of graveyard hate all in one swoop
I'm not sure how big of an impact an extra turn is in Standard besides 'Scroll thief effect' late game
But if you have tried to play any Rakdos-centric deck in Modern, you know the nightmare that is Sanctifier En-Vec
The Icons and the Benchwarmers When people talk about the Reserved List, theyre often thinking of a few iconic, game-breaking cards
When I talk about the goal of progressing Pioneer deckbuilding, that kind of realization is exactly what Im talking about.