While we already saw the power of Thalia in powered formats, where she can hate out combo decks and slow down sweepers, such as in the Five-Color Humans deck above, the card has also enjoyed a great deal of success as just a good card for aggressive, creature-heavy decks. Creatures (27) 3 Fiend Hunter 4 Champion of the Parish 3 Avacyn's Pilgrim 3 Mayor of Avabruck 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2 Restoration Angel 3 Sigarda, Host of Herons 4 Silverblade Paladin 2 Druid's Familiar Lands (25) Spells (8) While Thalias ability is so good, she would likely see a fair bit of play even without first strike, its actually the first strike that really gets her over the finish line
Thats especially true as we get subtypes like vehicles and spacecraft for artifacts and creatures, or enchantment types like class, saga, and case
A powerful attacker and card advantage engine, running Niv-Mizzet Reborn was more about deck building than anything else
Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered pruned that number back to just under 300
If you are flooded with lands and have the Leyline Tyrant on-board, you will be able to convert all of that mana into damage
Ajani, Nacatl Pariah / Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Ajani, Nacatl Pariah is just the most premium 2-drop you can play if you're playing any sort of aggressive strategy
