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He can play with lifelink to gain a bunch of life for attackers and then tap for it post-combat to make cheap stuff without spending any mana at all to get started

The only limits on the power of this card are how many instants and sorceries are in graveyards, and how many Horrors you can tap to copy it both numbers this precon can drive up pretty effortlessly

Kuzco - Selfish Emperor is another good Shimmering Skies option with this ability, but Hide Away's cheap cost makes it easier to deploy

The witch's face in the mirror, her eyes set back deeply in her face, the bones of her thin fingers, the glow of the cursed apple in her hand, the cracks, the brambles encompassing the mirror, everything is draped in detail