it balances out the colours raw brutality with an eco-friendly sheen
Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant shuts down extra turn spells and helps rebuild after a board wipe
She can either serve as mana ramp, creature removal, or, if you save up for her ultimate ability, you can deal 5 damage to any target every time you cast a spell, which is bound to win you the game quickly
R/W Aggro | 2014 Standard | Michael Flores, 3rd Place SCG Super IQ Creatures (18) 3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos 3 Heliod's Pilgrim 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Seeker of the Way 4 Wingmate Roc Planeswalkers (2) 2 Chandra, Pyromaster Instants (12) 4 Lightning Strike 4 Magma Jet 4 Stoke the Flames Enchantments (4) 4 Chained to the Rocks Lands (24) 1 Plains 10 Mountain 1 Evolving Wilds 4 Battlefield Forge 4 Temple of Triumph 4 Wind-Scarred Crag Sideboard (15) 2 End Hostilities 2 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker 3 Elspeth, Sun's Champion 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 4 Erase 2 Arc Lightning I played Heliod's Pilgrim in a Standard Boros deck years before any of my Modern finishes with Boros
Lurrus specifically and companions in general almost immediately broke the game, dominating quite literally every format in existence until Wizards was forced to take the unprecedented step of errata'ing the entire mechanic by essentially adding a three-mana tax to companions
Now you are maybe asking yourself how to identify those legendary Summer Magic cards