That end step bounce is weirdly bad and really takes this card down from mediocre to just bad
Skyclave Apparition is among the best individual card designs in recent memory
The deck starts by casting efficiently-costed creatures with strong abilities including Heartfire Hero (valiant, direct damage), Flowerfoot Swordmaster (offspring, valiant), Manifold Mouse (offspring, double strike/trample), and Emberheart Challenger (Haste, Prowess, Valiant)
The fact that it hits planeswalkers too is important even though Oko no longer holds his crown, Nissa and Teferi are still hugely prevalent in Standard, and having answers to them is a must
The answer is 'yes,' so I immediately knew that no matter what we did special for these cards, we also had to make sure they looked like something that could go in your deck and be played normally if you wanted." "There was no restriction on the upper-left corner where DFC icons typically appear, and it worked well as the spot for the Lesson icon