New Way Forward doesn't target any permanent or player
Sacrifice after IV.) I, II, III Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0, where X is the number of lore counters on this Saga
But it can also go in a deck which wants to play creatures onto the board on turns 1-3, and then use this creature to do the last bit of draining reach, putting a flier out there that threatens more reach if your opponent kills it
General's Enforcer is limited to legendary humans, but those are plentiful
While its popularity waxes and wanes with the metagame, it starts showing up in greater numbers as decks become more efficient
(This effect lasts indefinitely.) "Politics is a gamemove a stone here, move a stone thereexcept sometimes the stones bleed." Shauku, Endbringer Illustrated by Scott Kirschner Mirage #81 Rulings for Political Trickery There are no rulings for Political Trickery