The key is to load the deck up with incremental life gain rather than single huge life gain effects since Blech's ability triggers once whenever you gain life and doesn't care how much life is gained
"Can't be countered" is a hell of a phrase to put on a Magic card
Several of the characters have already been revealed in Magic form, including Tifa Lockhart
Given that Wizards of the Coast are the kings of cash grabs, I had very little confidence that it was going to surprise me in this regard
Whether used in control, tempo, aggro, token, or midrange, whether in maindecks or sideboards, Avacyn put in work
DON'T counter ramp cards (Kodama's Reach), single-use tutors (Demonic Tutor), random fatty creatures that don't have a threatening enter-the-battlefield trigger and can't attack through your drakes (Wurmcoil Engine), or anything you can deal with using a bounce spell already in your hand DO counter fatties that can't be chumped blocked by drakes (Blightsteel Colossus) if you don't have creature removal in hand, cards that make future counter magic a pain to cast (Hall of Gemstone), anything that generates excessive amounts of card advantage (Greater Good), or any card that you know has a tendency to win games in short order (Prophet of Kruphix)