Omnath, Locus of Creation One could argue that gaining life is the least of what Omnath, Locus of Creation can do, and that would be fair
If youre out of ideas, use the Dream-up option
(It counts as rolling a die, not flipping a coin.) If you would roll a d20, you may instead flip a coin
Tony Stark Invincible Iron Man Saffgor: Tony's good to cast early, and can dig for the mana rocks you need to flip him, that's a nifty bit of design
The fact that it returns to your hand as opposed to the battlefield, as well as the steep cost of three life, means Blood Operative is relatively slow
This aspect seems to have evolved between the 15th and 16th centuries, when it began to crop up in new texts across Germany