Newcomers to TCGs have heard about a card's value, that's not its resale value, but its tabletop value
Pioneer and Commander are the last frontiers where you can play these with no restriction
Outside of removal, there's other powerful spells like the game-ender Exsanguinate, and the value engine Lingering Souls, both of which work well with Y'shtola's abilities due to being greater than mana value 3 when cast
With absolutely awesome arboreal artwork from Larry MacDougall (a criminally underrated MTG artist whose work only graces the Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block of four sets and one card in Commander Masters ), this card remains a potent one-drop in the early game or the late game
It represents a massive mana boost on turn 3, if you had a turn-1 dork its mana neutral, and they stack beautifully
Neera, Wild Mage Weve finally made it, the number one spot on todays rankings