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At the end of the day, its usually a 1/1 for 1 with haste, so nothing spectacular for Pioneer standards

The thing is, the turn still ends with these effects, so something that simply lasts until the end of turn will still act appropriately

While Avenger is immensely potent it is let down a little by being no good defensively against fliers, occasionally being a pseudo 8 drop as you really want to ensure you get at least one pump trigger off on the plants

Although you could argue that thered still be collectors who are going to pay for vintage cards, its realistically safe to say that there would be a sharp loss of value and a decline in MTG card collectors

Now, onto the deck

4 life is meaningful and two mana is pretty cheap