While needing to be empty-handed is a big cost, Asylum Visitor plays well with Rankle, Master of Pranks, which already sees a reasonable amount of Historic play
a potential Dual Ball or Tynamo)
Once transformed, it becomes Polukranos, Engine of Ruin, which is a 6/6 with reach and lifelink and reads: Whenever Polukranos, Engine of Ruin or another nontoken Hydra you control dies, create a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with reach and a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with lifelink. Even without any other hydra creatures, the fact this card will split into two is amazing - but with some clever deckbuilding, it could make your deck unkillable
Wizards confirmed the mechanic had been designated deciduous, meaning that we should expect to see it show up intermittently to lend flavor to new sets
Connive also already showed up on a number of villainous cards from the Marvel's Spider-Man set, so it's a natural fit here
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