In addition, most of the spells in this set that trigger them tend to be great, including winners like: Thunder Magic Ice Magic Dreams of Laguna (triggers with flashback) Retrieve the Esper Eject Sorceress's Schemes Choco-Comet UR gets to play a ton of good interaction and card advantage, all of which can set up cascading advantages with its value creatures
While five mana and sorcery speed seems steep for the latter, dont forget it lets you get back any permanent, and gives you a bunch of counters for the team, too
It drains an opponent for 2 life and gains you 2 life per copy, which stacks up quickly
It's unlikely I'll pull that off, but most of these cards are just in the list to help make sure I can get as many Valgavoth triggers as possible
Gods can block like any other creature, although some gods have restrictions on doing so