Extra equipment is also a nice way to power up some artifact payoffs
It is not legal in competitive play, even if followed up by a thorough shufflewhich makes mana weaving pointless in the first place
Upon entering the battlefield, Gisa and Geralf mill four cards and this can help you put some of your Zombie creature cards into your graveyard for them to later cast from your graveyard once per turn
The 4-mana cost is curve-friendly and pumps your Boros creatures in different ways depending on their colors
Despite being placed on such a small card, the vista seems vast, and the golden tones really do make the whole scene seem regal in a way thats impossible to fully explain
I actually think it is kind of amazing that using this method and evaluating a fair number of the most relevant modern cards that rotated, we only had one true solid fail case, and we only lost a dollar even in that worst case