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Meanwhile, Pluto Determined Defender might just be the strongest bodyguard character weve seen so far

My main issue is that its just such a generic, uninteresting value pile, and its typing is the only thing that meaningfully distinguishes it from other 5-color value piles like Jared Carthalion and Omnath, Locus of All that want you to play multicolored permanents

Imagine youre playing a blue-red deck and you have all red creatures in your hand, but you only draw blue lands

There is no shortage of cards that enable this, especially since the most popular Rat commander Marrow-Gnawer can generate Rat tokens on its own

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Enchantments tend to stick around longer than other permanent types