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If you clone that with Volrath, you end up with a flying, double-striking, indestructible 7/5 with vigilance

Final Fantasy is such a wide-spanning series that the specifics of what we see could be anyones guess

Sure, Populate was fine in Standard - this article from 2013 is a nice snapshot of the kinds of things I was doing with Voice of Resurgence at the time, and Ryan did a lot of work with the build

With a ward effect with a cost of two life, you can be sure your opponents will always be paying life, whether it be through combat or that ward effect

Rite of Belzenlock 4 This is five bodies in one card for a mere four mana

Giving your artifact creatures flying/lifelink can be strong, but you have to be built for proliferation effects, artifacts, and payoffs for the actual counters from proliferating