One additional fact cementing Lurrus as the best creature ever is, before the Companion errata, Lurrus was the only card ever to be banned in Vintage
These versatile permanents combine the storytelling of Sagas with the combat readiness of creatures
And, as weve seen, some of the cons are inseparable from the prosyou cant make your preconstructed decks a good tool for beginning deckbuilders if you dont include a few suboptimal cards, for example, and you cant pack multiple cool strategies into a single deck without the possibility that youll draw the wrong mix of cards
Second, Replenish is a much older card that is very powerful for certain decks, specifically ones that revolve around the use of enchantments like this precon does
Theres also some big-mana effects like Virtue of Persistence and Portal to Phyrexia which steal creatures from graveyards every single turn