Making them legendary reduces that power by making it harder to build into 60-card decks
Unlike Cradle it is a colourless source early and does mean you might not be able to play all the other colourless land you might want
My tendency would be to lean on the Swords Sword of Fire and Ice, Sword of Light and Shadow, etc
That's pretty straightforward - a spell that has that colour or an ability that comes from that permanent type can't target the permanent with conditional Hexproof
Card Name Mana Cost Type Legendary Creature Elf Wizard Rarity Rare rules Text Partner with Alphinaud Leveilleur (When this creature enters, target player may put Alphinaud Leveilleur into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) First strike Dualcast - The second spell you cast each turn costs less to cast
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