With this trump card, if you're up against the wall and your opponent delivers the finishing blow, you can sacrifice a card from your hand in order to stay in the game
This element of FITS feels heavily inspired by cult indie classic Into The Breach, with that games tactical puzzle of tight movement and damage reduction taken from its original theming of massive robots fighting huge bugs and swapped to a suave simulation of Casino Royale-style punch-ups
I had to bookmark it and come back when I had enough time to digest it all
Abzans identity has been slowly shifted more and more towards the graveyard, with counters themes being siloed into GX color pairs (although a certain Phyrexian Angel Horror remains the expanded exception), but Ghave gives players a reason to slam Corpsejack Menace, Conclave Mentor, and Felisa, Fang of Silverquill all in one deck, and thats beautiful
With a mana value of 5, Bloomvine Regent fits well into dragon curves alongside cards like Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm