A 1-mana protection instant is valuable against the hordes of removal out there, but for simply 1 more mana, you also get a bit of lifegain
The beauty here is that decks that really like any one of its abilities will run it for that specific ability, but they'll also randomly get value out of its other abilities too
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.) Legendary Creature Artifact - Dog Robot Star Whale Flying, vigilance Other creatures you control have ward
You can generate a bunch of mana with green, draw a bunch of cards with blue, then deal a bunch of direct damage with red, with some nice crossover between all three in the middle
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Characters become Exerted when Questing