Before this change, Wizard Mentor was a first pick card which could save your creatures from creature kill spells, allow you to reuse the bevy of 187 creatures in the format (Ghitu Slinger, anyone?), and at worst case scenario allow you to play emergency defense
This is different to Partners, who track the tax independently because they are physically two independent cards
Because the defending player distributes the damage, a creature with banding blocking a creature with trample means that all damage can be redirected to the creature, sparing the player
Birds of Paradise Bolt the Bird is one of the games oldest heuristics, and its as relevant today as it was 30 years ago
Most of them are solitary hunters, but regisaurs, in particular, are known for hunting in small packs
That power bump with infect is nasty