And if you had the Mana available, or of compatible colors, you could effectively beat your opponent with their own card, the Magic: The Gathering equivalent of beating them with their own shoes (which are now yours)
Ajani's Welcome sees a lot of use in the subset of green/white Historic decks that rely on Collected Company
It creates images of David and Goliath when a bunch of lowly 1/1s takes down a 7/7
Their game plan is this weird self-bounce, value-heavy card-draw package, which is exactly how I like playing Magic the most: generating lots of value, drawing lots of cards, and figuring out a way to win the game somehow
(If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.) Illustrated by Jason Rainville Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Legal Modern Not Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp