Abrade Abrade works
If an effect allows you to cast a spell that has escalate without paying its mana cost, you pay escalate costs for that spell if you choose more than one mode
Theres the question of whether this format is about sticking a Planeswalker and riding that snowball of advantage to victory, grinding out value over time, or using high power creatures to ignore the slower, more expensive value proffered by Planeswalkers
The problem was that if the tokens themselves were the bulk of what you got, why would anyone ever pay the echo cost
I really like Chandra, and I think even in the non-Burn red decks, I would play a few copies in the sideboard as a card to bring in against midrange and control decks
Some kind of action is expected for MTG 's Vivi Ornitier in Standard, though Wizards is hesitant because new meta decks are emerging, including one that features a raccoon