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While they may not be as powerful as Ornithopter of Paradise, they still do just fine in most decks

This helps since a lot of desirable cards are in Standard

The combat trick master, Odric, Master Tactician rewards you for playing lots of humans, and can simply make all your creatures unblockable

The gems offer more bang for their buck and can be used to purchase a multitude of cards, generally in bigger quantities

It doesn't synergize with other discard effects whatsoever, but it's enough of a self-contained engine to warrant consideration

Condescend Among the counterspells that let you invest mana in them like Logic Knot, Condescend is one that I like as it lets you scry upon resolution