Whether he's questing to recapture his lost throne or wading into battle, he keeps an eye on safeguarding his charges and building them a better future
+1/+1 counter archetypes are extremely popular in these colors, and both Wave Goodbye and Tributary Instructor should be immediate inclusions for the majority of those decks
Sometimes we've had great applications of it, like in Modern Horizons 2 and Commander Legends, and other times it's been hard to notice, like in Strixhaven's Mystical Archive
The first cards the mechanic appeared on were Frodo, Sauron's Bane, Samwise the Stouthearted, and Gollum, Patient Plotter
Creatures (29) 4 Robber of the Rich 4 Bonecrusher Giant 4 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell 4 Rimrock Knight 4 Anax, Hardened in the Forge 2 Phoenix of Ash 3 Magda, Brazen Outlaw 4 Goldspan Dragon Lands (22) Spells (9) One last note on Magda: in more powerful formats, like Historic, remember that Toolcraft Exemplar is a Dwarf Second on our list could easily be number one if all you care about is likelihood of getting banned, since this one is most certainly getting banned and soon