whenever a card is exiled mtg Elder Brain (CLB) #936 that creature becomes a copy of a creature card exiled with Assimilation Aegis. mtg whenever a card is

Its also a pseudo 2/2 for one mana when you account for toxic

And thats okay

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Along with that, as none of that relates to lifelink, you can pay two mana to give another target Creatue lifeline, and whenever you gain life, you can put a +1/+1 counter on a Creature or Enchantment you control

Since it's a Reserved List card from the 90s, copies of Unfulfilled Desires are pretty scarce, making it much more susceptible to hype-driven spikes like this one

your opponent needs to not lose to the milling combo, but they also need to not lose to the giant 6/6 flying Demon, and it's much harder to make the latter a game-winning threat in a control deck that doesn't have other removal targets and doesn't apply pressure to life totals