Illustrated by: Desmuncubic Not Legal Traditional Standard Not Legal Traditional Alchemy Not Legal Traditional Historic Not Legal Traditional Timeless Rulings 2011-09-22 As the ability resolves, youll shuffle Elixir of Immortality into its owners library directly from the battlefield, if its still there
You could argue that this red creature provides a boon if youre behind and recasting your commander often, but its such a weak payoff that youd be better off running protection in that slot
Then use Spirit Mirror's zero-mana activated ability to destroy that Reflection Creature
Aristocrat classics are one of the best choices, with Zulaport Cutthroat and Blood Artist proving to be as good as ever in the vicinity of dying creatures
While it doesnt replace itself up front the way Animation did, this format has lots of random artifact tokens that this can animate into a very real creature, and the Glyph does replace itself if your opponent can ever deal with your creature, and they probably have to in one way or another, since a 5/4 isnt really the kind of thing you can ignore
Lay Bare the Heart This was set to be the best two drop Distress for cube until they changed up the planeswalker legend rules