Cycling MTG Mechanic Cycling is great on situational cards like Lightshield Parry that have situationally useful effects, but if the right situation doesn't come upsay you need a creature and not a combat trickyou can dig for the card you need
If a triggered ability looks for a permanent changing zones, such as Tameshi, Reality Architect, they still trigger for a token being returned, even if you never put that treasure into your hand
You generally want to give your Humans first strike and lifelink, as they are usually stronger than vigilance
Creature - Human Cleric Quintessential Katana Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, untap it and you gain 2 life." Whenever a Ninja you control enters, you may attach this Equipment to it
Doing this, however, is risky with graveyard removal floating about, so cards like Wichbane Orb and Orbs of Warding can be helpful