If you want something powerful, here's our pick of the best MTG commanders, but the golden rule is to choose something you find fun
As I explained in a previous column, for a while I was responsible for the vast majority of alternative win card in the game (we finally hired some other designers who also thought alternative wins were cool)
Creature Enchantment - Spirit Pump (CTRL to add secondary) Ramp Ramp (CTRL to add secondary) Recursion Animate Dead Enchant creature card in a graveyard When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it
Plus, we all learned how to the play the Pokemon trading card game and I got hooked on playing the game on the computer
So a card with a cheap mode and an expensive mode has much more meaningful flexibility, and thus more power, than a card with two cheap modes
Try granting your Gishath Double Strike with cards like Duelists Heritage and Embercleave for a particularly devastating swing in your favor