When you move away from a low to the ground strategy with cheap creatures and a lot of attacks, you tend to run out of reliable ways to draw cards
Asmor (as Ill be calling them for the rest of the article) plays like a budget Hollow One, so youll have far fewer turns where youre just spinning your wheels discarding cards
I quite like this rather traditional looking Japanese promo
5 Rolling Hamsphere Hampster Balls Have Never Been More Dangerous Artifact Vehicle Rolling Hamsphere gets +1/+1 for each Hamster you control
That said, while Altar may be limited by the assassin creature type, there are very good ones in Mardu colors, like Vein Ripper or Thorn of the Black Rose, that can impact the flow of the game
That meant that, unlike most of its contemporaries, this Octopus would typically only cost three to four mana and provide a cool bonus when it was cast as well