Cycling ( , Discard this card: Draw a card.) Urbis Protector Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Human Cleric CMC: 6 Mana cost: USD: $0.13 EUR: 0.06 TIX: 0.06 EDHREC RANK: 22440 (1/1) When this creature enters, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying
Tribal Support Some generic tribal support cards will go well here, particularly Mutavault which, like Treetop Village, can cheaply activate to pick up some random +1/+1 counters while ducking sorcery-speed battlefield sweepers
Drop her on turn three, make two 1/1 hasties, swing, keep all of the loyalty on your leader
Maybe WotC was nervous about potential leaks, since they'd have to present those Final Fantasy cards to different parties ahead of time, but whatever the reason, the whole Commander set has been revealed weeks before the main set's full spoiler
The flexibility here is worth the extra mana over Animate Dead
Then there are enablers like Elven Chorus, Surrak Dragonclaw, or Mystic Forge that support entire card types
