You can discard or cast early burn and pump spells to threaten opponents, trusting in Tersa to finish the game with those spells cast from your graveyard
One is that you have control over when to use the effect and are able to save it until you have all your mana spare to abuse and the other is that the hands only last a turn and so any sorcery speed cards they draw will be useless if used in your turn
Ragost works much better in a deck full of other artifacts, tokens specifically
The most obvious weakness is not playing blue and not being super interactive on the first 2 turns.2023-12-11 Atraxa Food ChainCOMPETITIVEAtraxa is both a Food Chain combo outlet and a soft payoff in the command zone, meaning we can build a layered deck that supports both strategies, while also having some unique and powerful interactions with Atraxa herself, like Displacer Kitten
The card ended up being pretty powerful, so it's not something we want to add to formats that don't already have it
So far, Elenda is seeing the bulk of her play in Pioneer Niv to Light lists