Remember that trample is most prominent in Red and Green and both often struggle against counterspells, so add those in if youve got any
Her activated ability even removes flavor text so then she can be blocked, which is that odd tension I was talking about, but lets be real: thats a fine tradeoff, given thats shes probably stealing some pretty sweet abilities
Its second ability protects itself and other resource denial pieces in play, and its first ability easily combines with several other cards to strip opponents hands, and keep them empty
In formats like Standard and Pioneer, decks built around cards like Ajani's Pridemate (or its more powerful variants) are usually competitive
The second ability lets you immediately exert any character you play that costs 2 or less ink
Microscope test Probably my favorite tool