Gerrard's Battle Cry

The trade that defines this card lives in the gap between its casting cost and its activation cost: you spend one mana to put it down, then spend three over and over to use it. Because the bonus lasts only until end of turn, the enchantment has no static board presence and no enduring threat of its own; every swing is a fresh investment, and an opponent who lets you untap with mana open faces a team that grows larger the longer the game runs. That structure points the card at a go-wide creature deck looking to convert a flooded late game into damage, surplus lands turned into pressure across a board that already exists. The repeatable activation is the whole point: rather than one explosive Overrun-style turn, it offers incremental, recurring leverage, which suits an attrition plan more than an all-in alpha strike. The friction is steep, though, and deliberately so. Three mana for a single turn of +1/+1 is a real tax, payable only once the rest of the curve has resolved, and that tax is what keeps the cheap enchantment from being a free anthem.