Pyre of Heroes Pyre of Heroes is the typal Birthing Pod, and in the right deck, you can have all sorts of combos and sequences
Heck, even if you become the archenemy (which you often will be), getting punched in the face for 4+ damage The face commander is busted
But its statline and effect, a 1/1 that adds green mana upon tapping, is exactly the same as Llanowar Elves from Alpha
It also pulses out a test for Slow, giving you a free, slightly weaker version of the Repellant Passage trigger (which used to cost a stone!)
What makes Snatchcaster Mage so good is that, at the absolute floor, you get to dip into an opponents yard to play a consistency draw or ramp spell or maybe just exile something you dont want them to have access to