You can gain life for 4 turns and hopefully Overrun with her ultimate, but if you wanted that, just play Overrun instead
It's a watered-down version of Coastal Piracy that only triggers once per combat, regardless of how many creatures connect
Lets look at some examples: Confront the Past has a mana value of 1, but if you cast it for X=4 then it will have a mana value of 5 (4+1) on the stack
0: You get an emblem with "As long as you control a Gideon planeswalker, you can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Legendary Planeswalker - Gideon Lich As this enchantment enters, you lose life equal to your life total
I tried a few different decks, tinkering with Izzet Phoenix, Faeries, and a few combo decks before ultimately settling on the deck I knew best, Grixis Deaths Shadow
Last year, The Pokemon Company issued a statement around barren TCG stock, with promises of "maximizing production," so I can only assume scooping up Excell Brands is part of that mission