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FTW
Erayo used to be a trap because it was not possible to both run enough cheap spells to trigger it on T1-T2 and also have enough gas to recover if Erayo gets disrupted (or even just establish a win condition once Erayo flips, because you're playing with an empty hand in topdeck mode with a deck of 0ccs). It forced you to run too much durdle and not enough business. I say this as someone who spent a good amount of time trying to make Legacy Erayo Affinity playable back in the day.
But I think the new printings really change that. LED+Echo is a broken engine, with even more support from Emry and Narset. This shell can really draw cards! Overall the deck should be able to easily flip Erayo without diverting from its main plan or running bad cards. If Erayo gets disrupted, it has a strong ability to dig into more gas and keep going. Meanwhile Erayo provides another turn 1 hate piece to slow down other strategies while the rest of the deck does its thing. It also imprints on Chrome Mox and pitches to Force. If any deck can run Erayo, this one looks best suited for it.