Earthbender Ascension Rounding out the MTG Avatar Ascension cycle, Earthbender Ascension is perhaps the hardest one to evaluate
The awkward ink cost of Merlin and Madam Mim cards means that you might be better off playing them off-curve and instead focusing on building a board of strong bodies early on
That and you can OHKO anything with Giratina VSTARs [Lost Origin] VSTAR attack
Unless you use a card that alters creature types like Ashes of the Fallen (which has, not coincidentally, gone way, way up in price), you probably won't gain too many free creatures over the course of an EDH match
This set up Magic originally as a framework, rather than the sole IP, with the opportunity to use that framework for limitless possibilities
Normally, creatures must wait a turn to tap and attack