I would be shocked if this didnt stay an expensive card throughout its lifespan in Standard because its a Dragon thats clearly built for Spike
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Once again, this is their color identity, which massively restricts deckbuilding options
Since you have 40 to work with (maybe more, since Lifelink is a common keyword among Angels), this allows you to cheat a lot of big creatures in for free, leaving your mana available to protect them or soil your opponents' plans
They spend a good chunk of the game catching frogs in Qu's Marsh (there's even a golden frog sidequest), while their main battle ability is actually "Eat" - consuming weakened enemies to learn Blue Magic (enemy skills)
I dont know how well Id be doing if I had no Magic background whatsoever, but I found myself back up and running within a surprisingly short period of time, especially given how much trouble I had with earlier versions of the same client