Raikou Raikou, belonging to the BREAKthrough expansion, is the quintessential snowballer, with its complementary abilities Shining Body and Thunder Lance
Its Vale, Mystic Waffles own Magic obsessive and hardcore spike
Its also a testament to the inherent explosiveness of the sacrifice playstyle that almost any value-adding trigger quickly becomes game breaking when coupled to it
The -2 ability can even be used to bring back a small creature back from the graveyard if youre looking to rebuild after a board wipe
This is optional, which means if you have some way of recurring your action cards from your discard, which emerald is very good at doing, then you dont have to take the benefit
This card grants the ability to play lands from the top of your library, mitigating the frustration of late-game land draws