She is a powerful planeswalker and my second favorite one for multiplayer printed this year
This puts it head and shoulders above other classics like Sakura-Tribe Elder, especially if you can flicker or otherwise reuse Wood Elves in a deck with multiple colors
Maybe fight spells are the way to go, but Kurbis cant target itself, and only preventing damage is a shoddy form of protection at best
First opponents sacrifice creatures, then they discard, and finally, you steal from any graveyard
This trigger can be used to tap down scary would-be attackers, remove blockers, or even slow down an opponents board progression by tying up a big mana rock, like Thran Dynamo
For instance, if you want a blue theme to match your favorite island-based spells, its usually just a click away