Theres a chance that Gift becomes one of my favorite mechanics of all time, simply because it gives us such wonderful phrases like Gift an Octopus. That aside, Octomancer leans very into the somewhat deceptive side of Group Hug, in that it grants a very large creature to an opponent right away
His -5 gives you an emblem that makes it so you can tap your Mountains to deal one damage to any target
I tried building him Voltron, and while in theory Ragavan looked like a clear favorite to pull this off, in practice I noticed that I had precious few ways of giving him evasion which really hurts his viability and Mono Red gave precious few ways to ramp or draw without him
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2 Vanquisher's Banner Vanquisher's Banner is a five-drop artifact that works well in a variety of tribal decks, from Elf and Zombie to Dragon and Vampire, among others