It can be a win condition for elf decks, but its just blanket protection for green-heavy lists
However, because its ability activates on attack, this sword wont work on double strike youll need something like Aurelia, the Warleader to create a new combat phase to milk Animist for all its worth
Because the one-shot effect that returns the card isnt an ability that goes on the stack, it wont cease to exist along with the leaving players spells and abilities on the stack
Destroying a creature and an artifact at the same time is pretty brutal, for sure
Mono Red Aggro IN: 3 [card]Golgari Brownscale[/card], 3 [card]Electrickery[/card], 1 [card]Shenanigans[/card] OUT: 2 [card]Insolent Neonate[/card], 4 [card]Basking Rootwalla[/card], 1 [card]Molten Gatekeeper[/card] Since Mono-red is an aggressive match, I dont see [card]Basking Rootwalla[/card] doing a great job at blocking, so cutting them is essentially right