Gods can block like any other creature, although some gods have restrictions on doing so
While five mana and sorcery speed seems steep for the latter, dont forget it lets you get back any permanent, and gives you a bunch of counters for the team, too
But she is far from the only good card in this deck
In addition, most of the spells in this set that trigger them tend to be great, including winners like: Thunder Magic Ice Magic Dreams of Laguna (triggers with flashback) Retrieve the Esper Eject Sorceress's Schemes Choco-Comet UR gets to play a ton of good interaction and card advantage, all of which can set up cascading advantages with its value creatures
It drains an opponent for 2 life and gains you 2 life per copy, which stacks up quickly
Eureka ($400) - This sorcery card lets both players put any permanents in their hand into play immediately