Template:Aviana strategy
Aviana's extremely low stats is made up by her potentially massive cost reduction effect. If left standing, the player can dump out many big minions in a single turn. However, her low Health and high upfront cost makes this situation uncommon. This can be avoided with 
Emperor Thaurissan, which causes all cost-reduced minions to be played for 0 mana. If played as a control value card, keep her protected behind a Taunt minion if possible.
Aviana is best combined with 
Kun the Forgotten King, who can restore all the mana spent playing Aviana and allows you to follow it up with other minions on the same turn. Aviana and Kun are essential cards in combo-based decks for this reason, allowing many different kinds of combos to be performed, such as summoning multiple copies of 
Malygos with Faceless Manipulator and 
Ixlid, Fungal Lord and deal direct spell damage with Moonfire and 
Living Roots, easy one-turn 
Star Aligner setups for massive AoE damage, or guaranteed permanent deck swapping with King Togwaggle and 
Azalina Soulthief. Since Aviana costs 10 Mana, this combo will require Innervate or other cost-reduction effects.
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