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The Green one is a 4-drop, "equip" that will let your equipped Durnan make mana equal to its power, which helps cast the creature you just exiled

Not only do you have to pay (1) but you also have to discard a card

This means youre likely to get a nice number of hits in, which in turn means decent card advantage

Allow me to explain this through a couple more examples of my own decks that exist in brackets beyond what their contents would suggest: Upgraded Example Helga, Skittish Seer My Helga, Skittish Seer deck is all about maximizing how much mana the little Frog produces and how many times I can trigger her in a turn

Izzet (blue/red) decks are not known for the ability to ramp, so you'll be spending the first few turns setting up mana rocks for mana generation, leaving your defenses open