Im really looking forward to seeing how it impacts not just Standard, but Modern and EDH too
It's heavily played at the kitchen table and Commander, and over at EDHREC.com it's in 33,969 decks for 16% of decks with its colors
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite is perhaps the most played card of this cycle, seeing play in Legacy as one of the best reanimation targets in the game against any creature deck
[171] In 2015, The Guardian reported that an estimated 20 million people played Magic around the world and that the game had a thriving tournament scene, a professional league, and a weekly organized game program called Friday Night Magic
So, creating a creature token gives half of the card a creature-like effect
Mono-White Lifegain really shines when you can get a critical mass of lifegain pieces in play, and these provide that for the lowest cost possible