If you pump this cards toughness, your creatures enter with huge numbers of +1/+1 counters on them
The goaded bird tokens that it makes are a really neat way to force your opponents to just shut up and play Magic (read: attack), though you might wind up helping players that want sacrifice fodder
In an article from right after the ban, I predicted a resurgence of Mono-Red Wizards, Mono-White Humans, Izzet Ensoul, Boros Convoke, Waste Not, Lotus Field Combo, and Mono-Green Devotion
His twin activated abilities let you protect the powerful cards you need to win, demonstrating that any scenario is survivable through faith
I base my choice to include a card in the cube based on how much it gets played
Ghostly Prison One of the best ways to play defense or survive in multiplayer games is by discouraging enemy attacks