Y'shtola, Night's Blessed I find it hard to consider Y'shtola, Night's Blessed outside of the context of Commander because its abilities are so neatly balanced and passively useful, even the stats of 2/4 vigilance underline this excellent card
8 Energy Removal Energy Removal is a very effective card for gaining control over your opponent
You can add a little more if youre using three or more colors, or a little less if youre in a single-color archetype like Goblins that relies on cheap creatures
Creatures (26) 2 Verdurous Gearhulk 4 Winding Constrictor 4 Rishkar, Peema Renegade 4 Walking Ballista 2 The Scarab God 2 Herald of Secret Streams 4 Merfolk Branchwalker 4 Vineshaper Mystic Lands (22) Spells (12) Now, we probably dont actually want Vineshaper Mystic, as its probably just too much worse than Rishkar, Peema Renegade while asking a lot more of us
Check out Dan's article about how his team went about testing cards for Modern