Between Clues, Treasures, Blood tokens, and more, you can convert mana into creatures very efficiently
Truly one of Magic's best birds
Swap art, adjust crop, done
When the evoke elementals were spoiled in Modern Horizons 2, people waxed lyrical about how broken Grief with Ephemerate was going to be, but in practice that interaction did not make any material impact on the format, and instead its been more commonly combined with Fury and Solitude in the Four-Colour Yorion, Sky Nomad decks
While other cards have similar effects in Magic, the Herald is the only one you can snap in at instant speed this way
I worked with Tom Bancroft on Mushu, and it was such a privilege for me to work directly with an animation rockstar