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It often trades with a creature, then makes a second lifelinker with renew

There are definitely formats where a 3/3 lifelink trample is better than a 4/4, but a format with Courser of Kruphix and Siege Rhino is not one of them

Most optimal are Watery Grave and Darkslick Shores, but Underground River is solid as well, and once Murders at Karlov Manor is released, the Dimir surveil land is a shoo-in

Players can commit to a theme early, pivot into a second colour pair, or draft flexible cards while watching what comes around the table

Theres card draw and pressure, but more importantly, Yshtola works as a powerful value engine once you stack it with auras like Curiosity and Sigil of Sleep