Now, your opponents need to be careful with blocks, lest the untapped ones activate Magma's Sliver's ability to pump an unblocked attacker for lethal
A good card, but not good enough to trump the existing Legacy staples at that slot that junk Maverick players have access to
Vito is the second half to several two-card combos, and when he is always readily available from your Command Zone, it makes pulling off those combos a lot easier
Passive triggered lifegain effects are the best way to go about this (like Authority of the Consuls), with instant speed lifegain spells like Congregate and Heroes' Reunion in place of typical combat tricks
If that werent enough, Battle Angels of Tyr would also let you create treasure tokens if a player has more land than you
Shambling Cieth Rating: 3/10 Shambling Cie'th seems really at odds with itself