Like all of the guild leaders, Lazav does work, and does it well
Real cards won't be damaged from small amounts of water pooled onto the surface (obviously if you soak them they will start to fall apart...as my friend Kyle can attest to)
I hope there will be versions of Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn, Boromir, Merry, and Pippin that would fit in a Selesnya color identity deck with Frodo Baggins as the commander
It'll be interesting to see if that's how it plays out, or if Flare of Denial is even played consistently, but its flexibility and interesting impact on game states make it the most intriguing MH3 spoiler so far
I am a proponent of [card]Howling Mine[/card] effects in EDH, since it can take a glacial multiplayer game and cut an hour or two off the total
As the name would imply, first strike allows a creature with the ability to strike first, dealing its combat damage prior to that of a creature without this ability