It only takes three hits to a player to knock them out through infect damage with Skithryx, fewer if you have a way to pump up his power by even one point
In this image, for example, look at how the added texturing really makes Anna pop from her background
Creature - Elf Shaman Color tag templates(None) Wood Elves When this creature enters, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle
This is a serious threat to decks that like to gain, and then hide behind, crazy amounts of health, and if Alpharael is buffed, the actual attack can be a game-winner in the right conditions
For example, an Ally that enters with one +1/+1 counter on it won't receive an additional +1/+1 counter
Now that Standard-legal products are introducing generals that seem to immediately change what the metagame looks like, it feels laughable that we used to only see a condensed shift about once a year