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Instead of paying mana, you can suddenly churn through your deck at lightning speed, which sets up combos or simply overwhelms your opponent with card advantage
It flips up to become a brick wall rather than an offensive threat
702.174d: Gift a Food means the effect is The chosen player creates a Food token. 702.174e: Gift a card means the effect is The chosen player draws a card. 702.174f: Gift a tapped Fish means the effect is The chosen player creates a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token. 702.174g: Gift an extra turn means the effect is The chosen player takes an extra turn after this one. 702.174h: Gift a Treasure means the effect is The chosen player creates a Treasure token. 702.174i: Gift an Octopus means the effect is The chosen player creates an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token. 702.174j: For instant and sorcery spells, the effect of a gift ability always happens before any other spell abilities of the card
More often than not, however, Taurean Mauler will end up being a much bigger threat than just a 5/5, begging your opponents to spend something to deal with it
