mtg how do modal cards work Mechanic Spotlight: Modal Double-Faced Cards Why Forgotten Realms' Modal Cards

As a hypothetical curve to show quite how obscene this can look, you could cast your copy of The Ringhart Crest on Turn 2, on Turn 3 you use it to resolve Questing Beast, and then you get to land your Yorion on Turn 4, blinking the Crest to turn it into a Kolvori

However, Aragorn's strength lies in tying your deck together

However, it also makes each opponent lose one life whenever a creature you control dies, and whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you get to gain one life

If you cast it without a Time Vault, you could go find it and threaten to take infinite turns, next turn

It fits well into Abzan beatdown plans that want to apply early pressure while padding life totals, especially alongside blink effects like Ephemerate or recursion engines that reuse enters triggers for steady advantage