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Unlike Elenda, the Dusk RoseElenda, the Dusk Rose, or Roalesk, Apex HybridRoalesk, Apex Hybrid, who must go to the graveyard and stay there to receive their death triggers, Gerrard's ability allows you to exile him after he dies, triggering his ability and allowing you to put him back into the command zone

Cascade reads: When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less

Whether sending your elves to die in combat or sacrificing them to something like Skullclamp, you want to trigger Miara, Thorn of the Glade often

Luminarch Aspirant is two-cost, two-power on the first turn cycle and is already a good rate on the second turn it survives