She even bears more than a passing resemblance to my favorite card in casual Commander, just with the addition of black to help enable her to do her thing even better
Heartmender Heres a lord for the persist mechanic
Because of this, people can naturally be suspicious, and there is a point to where defending your deck's power level can go overboard
Best Pump Spell Payoffs Some number of creatures just want to be targeted with pump spells, whether that's Ashroot Animist so it can transfer that pump to other creatures when it attacks, or The Howling Abomination, which deals massive damage when targeted
All in all, Animated Army is a well-designed deck with plenty of fun interactions
The second is a triggered ability that removes a time counter from the suspended card at the beginning of each of your upkeeps