Is there an artifact that always needs to hit the field ASAP for my strategy
That isnt to say that you cant run an Tergrid, God of Fright / Tergrid's Lantern deck themed around telling the story of Kaldheim , but youll need to convince your opponents that the deck is actually Brackets 1 or 2
To be fair, it's a very soft upgrade, allowing you to sacrifice the land for an unblockable hit with a small creature
Of course taking out a cyclopss only eye would functionally kill it
Any power- or toughness-modifying effects (those that give +N/+N, for example) and counters will apply to the creature's new base power and toughness, even if they started to apply before Octopus Umbra became attached
If theyve spent their whole turn tapping out to cast a spell, your countering and subsequent extra mana on your following turn basically feels like an entire extra turn for you