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Despite this, however, theyre still a dino that is well worth including in your deck

While it doesnt replace itself up front the way Animation did, this format has lots of random artifact tokens that this can animate into a very real creature, and the Glyph does replace itself if your opponent can ever deal with your creature, and they probably have to in one way or another, since a 5/4 isnt really the kind of thing you can ignore

Maybe invest in an Eternal Masters printing instead

Illustrated by: Desmuncubic Not Legal Traditional Standard Not Legal Traditional Alchemy Not Legal Traditional Historic Not Legal Traditional Timeless Rulings 2011-09-22 As the ability resolves, youll shuffle Elixir of Immortality into its owners library directly from the battlefield, if its still there

It takes down a cheap artifact or creature, and leaves behind a reasonable defensive body that can even help you poison your opponent

You could argue that this red creature provides a boon if youre behind and recasting your commander often, but its such a weak payoff that youd be better off running protection in that slot