, Remove three counters from among other artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers you control: Put an indestructible counter on Tekuthal
After all, when was the last time a new printing of Mana Drain didn't, well, drain your wallet
These are excellent commanders simply because they provide so much card advantage
You'll keep any hand that actually generates your mana advantage quickly enough, but you may need to sequence your enablers to maximize your chance of actually doing something
If Gift of Immortality can legally enchant the current face up side of a card, it will be attached to it
If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creatures combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures its being blocked by or is blocking.) At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 3 damage to you unless you discard a card