In Modern, Dig Through Time and Treasure Cruise split the format, more or less, along the lines of Treasure Cruise appearing in aggro and tempo decks while Dig Through Time was preferred by control and combo decks, such as the following deck looking to find Scapeshift and seven land
While blinking your own creatures for value is the obvious first option with Phelia, it's important to note that Phelia can affect the opponent's board as well, opening up avenues to attack through problematic blockers
Slamming Atraxa on most boards wins you the game outright, and you just draw a bunch of cards to make up for it if your opponent can answer it
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Saddling up your mount creatures has been a less binary choice than crewing vehicles, which generally do nothing unless crewed
But even outside of combo builds, its hard to remove, grants lifelink to key creatures, and turns each +1/+1 counter into meaningful pressure