Our goal for Magic art is to always work from a place of passion for the storytelling and characters and find new ways to visually express the lore of the set through connections to pop culture and all kinds of unexpected, nostalgic, or beloved ways of depicting the Magic sets we love so much. What has been the biggest surprise so far since initial release of LOTR
Scrying with this Elrond out lets you put a +1/+1 on a number of creatures equal to the number of cards you looked at
Connive makes sense from a flavor perspective, even if its not the freshest mechanic, but the bigger issue here is the overlapping strategies
If the top card is a sorcery or creature spell, you can only cast it when the stack is empty during your own main phase
I think most matches are decided by one player making more errors than the other and the more proficient player capitalizing on those errors
While I think we will see some sweet Elesh Norn brews, the card is strong enough to consider playing fairly as a hybrid hate card and finisher alongside some of the most powerful card in the format like the evoke Elementals