Marshal of Zhalfir Marshal of Zhalfir beats out Knight Exemplar by virtue of just being cheaper to cast
Anytime another creature enters the battlefield you can either: Add three green mana Put a +1/+1 counter on all your creatures Scry 2 and then draw You dont need to build this Galadriel around a pure Elf kindred deck, you can instead go in a more blink-style deck, where you can maximize enter the battlefield triggers turn after turn for extra value
Cloud searches for an equipment card when he enters, and then he doubles the triggers of himself and any equipment attached to him
Izzet has a deep pool of awesome Spellslinger cards so this will be easy
Now you don't have to run a dedicated Naya-big guy deck for this to matter
Other new mechanics specific to this set, Tiered spells and Job Select, are also fun and well represent Final Fantasy, but from a Magic perspective, they are similar to previous existing mechanics