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VENERATED ROTPRIEST Venerated Rotpriest is perhaps the most powerful Toxic creature printed for its ability to threaten wins out of nowhere across multiple formats

Yeva, Nature's Herald is basically Prophet of Kruphix if you squint and ignore half of the formers card text

It's on a 3/3 body for three mana legendary

Play the song just like a normal action, except you dont have to pay the songs cost

Zariel, Archduke of Avernus Why is Zariel here

(Until there are enough options for a high-density of solid sacrifice outlets in Temur colors, I wouldnt go all in on that plan, but the one-off is a nice option that synergizes with the rest of the deck.) There are a lot of creatures with great abilities for +1/+1 counters, and we also just want back-up options in case casting our commander becomes difficult