The initial idea of Historic was that players would be able to continue to play their cards after they rotated from Standard, and adding a bunch of super-pushed cards each quarter had the potential to basically function like rotation, by making cards that players already had in their collection unplayable (from a competitive perspective, at least)
Introduced in 2014's Theros set, bestow is a Magic: The Gathering mechanic that allows creatures to quite literally bestow their abilities onto another creature
cards on your field is equal to or less than the number on your opponent's field, this Character gains +1000 power
The dredge was initially called "reclaim." But the rules of the original version of the technique allowed players to create imbalanced situations
Noah Sakadjian [US] (10/4/0), Dragapult ex/Dusknoir 77
Parting Gust Parting Gust can blink a creature or serve as exile removal if you gift the fish