His +1 ability makes both you and an opponent draw a card, while his 0 ability mills ten cards from a target players library, providing consistent milling pressure
Its primary strategy is to burn our opponent out and, for this reason, we want ways to increase the damage of our many Chandras
The downsides to this card come in its mana investment and hand size limit
There does seem to be some overlap though
Perhaps that the meaning of the imagery could be explained away has happenstanceperhaps the artist didnt know the name of the card?except for the fact that the artist, Harold McNeill, is extremely problematic himself
Elspeth can come down in the mid-game since she costs five mana, either establishing a board presence with her first two abilities or destroying a problematic creature of your opponents, making her a control players dream planeswalker