Each opponent losing three life per combat is not insignificant, but also not exactly game-ending unless youve got ways to crank out multiple combats
The city's blessing isn't a permanent itself and can't be removed by any effect (well, except by Naturalize 2)
5-Color Allies in Standard 2025 Creature (37) Aang, at the Crossroads x3 Aang, Swift Savior x4 Appa, Steadfast Guardian x4 Earthen Ally x4 Earth Kingdom Protectors x4 Earth King's Lieutenant x4 Great Divide Guide x4 Invasion Reinforcements x3 South Pole Voyager x4 Wartime Protestors x3 Land (23) Breeding Pool x2 Cavern of Souls x4 Forest Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop x4 Multiversal Passage x2 Plains Secluded Courtyard x4 Starting Town x4 Stomping Ground Sideboard (15) Allies at Last x4 Boiling Rock Rioter x4 Mai, Scornful Striker x4 Voice of Victory x3 Deck credit: NEB12R | Source: mtgo.com TLA introduced creatures with the ally subtype into Standard, which became the core of this all-creature, five-color deck
The set introduced role tokens, and has other great cards such as Stroke of Midnight, Blossoming Tortoise, Agatha's Soul Cauldron, and a cycle of strong virtues
Blackbloom Rogue and Malakir Rebirth are really not that bad
You Find Some Prisoners You Find Some Prisoners from Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is a wonderful example of the flexibility I value in my interaction