Any continuous effects with a "for as long as" duration, such as that of Extraction Specialist ignore phased-out objects
1 Sapling Of Colfenor As one of the key players in the story of Lorwyn/Shadowmoor, the Sapling of Colfenor had a lot to live up to when it came to her in-game appearance
That generally seems much worse, as it only deals a couple of points of damage this way, at most
A deck that uses Pitiless Plunderer only needs to sacrifice a token creature or use one as a chump blocker, and thats just the first synergy that comes to mind
The upside that Rishkar has, however, is a creature that can turn all of your creatures into Birds of Paradise as well as make two of them larger
One classic combo line for Selvala uses untap and bounce effects to keep reusing Selvala's mana ability