It requires no repeated mana input to work, giving you the room to really progress your game plan
This momentous leap forward in bear technology was realized with Ayula, Queen Among Bears and Mother Bear in Modern Horizons 1
If you happen to have any other effects that duplicate your token creation you can very quickly have your tokens overwhelm the battlefield in no time
It's the king of the famed "Power Nine," dating back to 1993's Alpha set, and it's simply far too good at what it does: boosting the player's mana
Definition Approaches to power level in official Magic formats like Standard or Booster Draft may consider the speed of a format, or the rate of format staples relative to Magics history
Aerith, Last Ancient feels like a particular curveball here, since lifegain is a pretty small part of the deck overall