Lyrial vs Soulsquasher in mid-shadow (turn 2)

   Little soulsquasher (LSS) and  Lyrial, celestial archer are two staple 2 play points followers (with grim reaper).

   With their 2/2 body they are decent vanilla drops turn 2 to start pressuring the opponent. 

    The question is when you have both in your hand turn 2, which one do you call and which one do you keep ?   

     Here is a rundown of the different  situations where one card shines over the other.

Keep Lss
     - Better for slow games that are won with card advantage. Since you will most likely generate a lot of shadows, Lss will create a card advantage for free. And in those games, you usually want to keep evolution points for bigger problems.
   - She deals effectively with key cards : Forte, Ancient elf... No other cards in mid shadow can deal with those threats/walls so effectively.
    - Better if going first. With one less evolution point, you need to use them more sparingly. Saving that evolution point can be valuable to deal with another problem later in the game or go for face.
     - You can always evolve Lyrial later. Once Lss is on board, she is a vanilla. You can always get the additional ping from Lyrial later (if she survives).

Keep Lyrial
     - Better for faster games. Life races, where spending evolution points early is good because tempo and pressure are what determines the outcome.
     - Better if going second. You have acces to evolution turn 4, a turn where you sometimes drop two 2pps. Lyrial is the best 2pp to gain tempo back with your additional evolution point.
     - Deals with unevolved walls. Can kill up to 5 defenses bodies, for instance Rahal. And if that card is not evolve, Lss simply cannot touch it.
      - The shadows can be more valuable than the card advantage.  Sometimes loosing a card or evolution point to deal with a follow and saving the shadows is better than spending them to get the card advantage.
For instance if you want to set up a death's breath play and that Necromancie boost is important : aggainst aggro decks, breath of the salamander...

And you, what do you think ? Let me know in the comments below or on the reddit thread !