The life gain is partially addressed by having more cheap removal and trying to just not fall behind
Each opponent exiles a card from their hand or a permanent they control
On arrival to the battlefield, it shoots any target for four damage

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If youre not all in on playing it with Grist, the Hunger Tide to do some weird stuff, then youre more interested in the general use case