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A 2/2 first striker proved to be super versatile, especially with multiples on the board forming a wall of first strike

In fact, Altair is more powerful the more assassins there are in that player's graveyard

After that, it flips into Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier and grants your whole attacking squad indestructible if their total power is high enough

Others allowed you to pay colored mana (Skizzik, Thicket Elemental), and even colored mana different from the spells cost (Vigorous Charge, Verduran Emissary)

Mechanics like kicker, offspring, and ward all ask more of you than the measly mana cost, and gifting is just one more example of it