The Herald is useful with cards like Nine Lives that will normally cause the game to be lost when the card leaves the field, allowing the player to circumvent those tricky downsides
This card was made for Commander
She is fragile,and sometimes she wont have any friends it is worth making a copy of, but it seems like shell shake up the board state significantly most of the time when she comes down
Proxies for casual play are also growing in popularity, allowing Magic players to assemble competitive decks for a fraction of the normal cost
She only makes the token when she deals combat damage to a player, so you'll want a lot of evasion to get her through
On Magic Arena , there isn't really an easy way to reduce the cost of the deck more other than by cutting back on the rare lands, but Throne of Makindi is too important to cut, which means the only real option is to drop Temple of Mystery for more copies of Thornwood Falls and basics