Prosper, Tome-Bound and its ilk just get another hugely useful card
Whether its superstition or simply a way to keep things fun, its clear that Lyles unique pre-race ritual is working for him
Once youve done all the cycling you want and would rather they be on the battlefield, cast the Herald, already a beefy 6/6 flyer, and bring back all of the cards with cycling that are permanents, which includes lands
Im already running Storm of Souls as a way to bring back all of my small creatures in my Adeline, Resplendent Cathar deck, so I can see this card slotting in immediately as a secondary way to recover from a devastating board wipe
Elturel Survivors The answer to ramp isnt land destruction
We can still build around Dragons and payoffs like the damage wrath wincon of Wrathful Red Dragon but use Chainer staples like Doomed Necromancer and Archpriest of Shadows to cheat out our high-mana beasties way ahead of curve and arguably more efficiently than a Rivaz deck