Some sets are great for casual players, others push the competitive meta forward, and a few shine as long-term investments
You can be much more sinister though, combining Flying Men variants with extra turn spells to hoard all the extra draws for yourself
In an effort to streamline this effect a bit and make it a ton easier to track, Baner of Kinship has you pick a creature type when it comes into play, then add a fellowship counter to it for each creature you control of that type
The top-down perspective, with its tip pointing at the player, also references his infamous method of impalement instead of slashing, the traditional way of using the weapon
We have plenty of strong counterspells in Standard that can outclass it in the late game game, but none of them have the option of countering any spell on turn two, something Syncopate does very well