A new player can start with a starter product, preconstructed deck, or Commander deck without spending a huge amount
One key difference is that if the bestowed creature is destroyed, the aura falls off to become a creature, but the mutated cards would all go to the graveyard
Old Stickfingers Apart from being a great Halloween-themed commander with an appropriately goofy name, Old Stickfingers is a very powerful reanimator commander
I want the guaranteed upside of something like Vanquisher's Banner first, but theres a pretty high ceiling on this
Its a card with only one printing, and it has some pretty archaic rules text
The key here is that Byrke, Long Ear of the Law doesn't have to be the creature attacking, so you can get double counters on two attackers the turn Burke enters, and it gets out of hand on subsequent turns