I honestly couldnt be happier for her
While a few decks clearly make up the top tier, including Heliod Company and Jund Deaths Shadow, so many other archetypes are competitive that anyone looking to do well in these events will have to bring a strong sideboard built to address several matchups
There are various ways to use this effect, such as buffing a wide board of Snakes once each before crashing in, or buffing a single Snake, ideally your commander, up multiple times and attacking for lethal thanks to commander damage
Its very difficult to remove, and drains your opponent for 2 when it dies (usually 4, including the creature that was sacrificed to pay the ward cost)
It has a generic, nondescriptive name, so players dont know what to expectat least Modern Masters tells you what time period to expect cards from, and that youll likely see some familiar archetypes
He can play with lifelink to gain a bunch of life for attackers and then tap for it post-combat to make cheap stuff without spending any mana at all to get started