1 Aurelia's Vindicator A Deceptive Twist On A Forgotten Classic Aurelia's Vindicator is a modernized spin on Angel of Serenity from Return to Ravnica
Ranking: Could Be Fun Neriv, Crackling Vanguard Neriv reminds me of a Mardu version of Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy, but instead of making tokens, we get impulse draw, which lets us take full advantage of cards that want us to play cards from exile, like Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival, Prosper, Tome-Bound, and Iraxxa, Empress of Mars
Casting Cost: Card Type: Creature - Hound Shaman Power / Toughness: 2 / 1 Card Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you control the creature with the greatest toughness or tied for the greatest toughness
The same card from a recent reprint set often costs a fraction of that price while playing identically
They often bring along a new tool for Standard, and can directly impact the metagame
I do like that it's balanced by having packs with more rare pulls costing more of that currency, and have been using this feature to select a random card from pulls where I don't have any of the cards in my dex