Theres card draw and pressure, but more importantly, Yshtola works as a powerful value engine once you stack it with auras like Curiosity and Sigil of Sleep
It often trades with a creature, then makes a second lifelinker with renew
Most optimal are Watery Grave and Darkslick Shores, but Underground River is solid as well, and once Murders at Karlov Manor is released, the Dimir surveil land is a shoo-in
But the cards Nomura highlighted show how Wizards artists often took a different approach
Ever since the first franchise collaboration with The Walking Dead in 2020, Magic: The Gathering has received an ever-growing catalog of crossovers thanks to its Universes Beyond product line
There are definitely formats where a 3/3 lifelink trample is better than a 4/4, but a format with Courser of Kruphix and Siege Rhino is not one of them