Both combinations are also great at pulling off a Turbo Naus strategy, where you play a very low average mana value deck and try to resolve Ad Nauseam as quickly as possible to pivot to a win
**Late Game:** - Use Necropolis Regent or Cordial Vampire to create massive board states
I am absolutely obsessed with this drop, but I am not obsessed with the Mox Opal price
The assimilate keyword action gives you control of a creature or puts a creature card onto the battlefield under your control
Finally, Hero's BladeHero's Blade might seem a bit out of place, but NorinNorin's effect notably includes himself, so having a repeatable means to make him large so that folks will block him and get your triggers going, rather than let him swing in for a pittance, is pretty great
However, when Urzas Saga came along, The Abyss got a major upgrade, thanks to the printing of what was once considered the best creature in Magic: Morphlings untargetable ability meant it could survive a The Abyss indefinitely, while also jumping over Moats from time to time