Her abilities are what make her truly shine as a standout card, however
Neriv is one of the cheaper Spirt Dragons, sitting at just four-mana, and while it might not seem stellar, it could have some potential with any interesting enter the battlefield damage that could be floating around in the near future
Additional green draw that takes advantage of tokens: : Each player draws a card when one of their creatures dies
Simple and elegant
When you activate a mana ability this way, you are now using an activated ability in the middle of casting a spell
Leyline Axe does have some advantages over Embercleave in a few situations: If you have fewer than 2 attackers, it costs less mana to equip It can be run in non-red decks It is non-legendary, so you can have multiple copies in play If Leyline Axe is not in your opening hand, it is considerably worse and essentially a dead draw