Its also a faerie, which can be very relevant in the upcoming Standard, enabling synergies
Like Stage 1 Pokmon, this means that, from the start of the game, the player who plans to attack with these Pokmon in a deck will need at least two turns of Setup or the time it takes to go from beginning the game to having a Pokmon that is ready to take knockouts against the opponents Pokmon or for the player to be otherwise be ready to execute the decks strategy to win
of these, the Atalan Jackal looks awesome with haste youre pretty much always going to be able to hit someone on turn three and get some land ramp
For example, I can have four copies of [mtg_card]Lightning Bolt[/mtg_card] in my Vintage deck, but only one copy of [mtg_card]Black Lotus[/mtg_card], because its on the restricted list
One of the best things about the card is how flexible it is on the mana cost