Once you start Rippling through your deck, you can cast an absolutely ludicrous number of spells
Blood Knight was a 2/2 first strike with protection from white
Surgeon General Commander With the popularity of Commander, most new mechanics introduced to Magic are wise to have an accompanying commander
I still play a couple of copies of Opt to enable Pteramander anyways, and our Salamander Drake friend is certainly fine, but were mainly playing it over other options just as an additional way to enable early Lofty Denials rather than for the late-game power it used to provide
If you use Forge Anews effect after blockers are declared and equip her with a powerful Equipment card, she can deal a load of damage, restore life, and trigger Cloud and Akiri, for example, making her quite the menacing upgrade for this Final Fantasy deck