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For those of you unfamiliar with this infamous combo, once you give Walking Ballista Lifelink with Heliod's activated ability, you can remove a +1/+1 counter to ping something, gain life from the damage, then Heliod immediately replaces the +1/+1 counter since you've gained life

That said, both Swords to Plowshares and Dispatch are more than playable, and I think which you pick first will depend largely on what your deck is trying to do

Yes, a couple of cards spiked back up, like FEA Apex Devastator, but for the most part, prices have dropped back down

It can be an important part of dinosaur-themed EDH decks like Gishath and either Ghalta