Animar can helm a hydra deck that's friendly towards Shivan Devastator and Savageborn Hydra, to name a few, and the addition of blue lets you access counterspells and better disruption
Delita, the lowborn commoner, compromises his ideals and burns friend and foe alike in his quest for power, becoming the new King of Ivalice and saving the land from civil war, but ultimately feels empty in the end despite his accomplishments
Ive always wondered about the grey stamps
It also has the added benefit of modifying your creatures in deck, graveyard and exile so you can use specific tutor and abilities to find cards you normally couldnt, like with Mogg Catcher
In recent sets, reds taken a different direction in extra resources, in the form of Treasure token generation and impulse draw
Storing a bunch of lands under it, then casting Obliterate, wiping the entire board and getting everything back that was exiled