Spring-Leaf Avenger will be at home in decks as diverse as Otrimi, the Ever-Playful (who will no doubt get a shout out again today) or even Yarok, the Desecrated, where itll bounce other creatures to be replayed
Bring it on home
Its especially appealing alongside Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh and other cheap commanders
Leaching life, drawing cards, and putting lands into play
I see the biggest impact of conflating these sentiments in players who are new to the format, and I wonder how many bounce off Commander with a negative impression as a result
After a quick magiccards.info search I compiled the following list: IN force spike spell pierce spell snare mana leak memory lapse miscalculation remand 4 rune snag -- hooray counterspell complicate forbid glen elendra archmage cryptic command condescend force of will OTHERS disrupt -- nobody ever took it when i slotted it in, but it might be worth another try dissipate -- solid but unexciting, U has a million 3-CMC cards already dissolve -- so i'd rather run this over dissipate hinder -- and this just seems like a cooler dissipate, too
