Choco provides you card selection, ramp, and graveyard setup, making for the best Chocobo card in Magic's Final Fantasy set
You cast the card while Strago and Relm's ability is resolving and still on the stack
It featured in some of the earliest decks in the game, it was a pivotal piece of the Sligh deck which essentially acted as the foundation of the mono red aggro archetype, and its presence has been significant in Modern from the first day of the format as it has featured in many of the formats best decks from Zoo to Splinter Twin to Jund
Lategame you just might need some life to survive an attack or lifedrain spell, and that's when cashing this in for 10+ life is perfectly reasonable at instant speed
The five colors are white, blue, black, red, and green, and as such, Sunbird Effigy's characteristic-defining ability can't set its power and toughness higher than 5/5
I like to think these cards do a good job of explaining why we rotate out mechanics in Magic