Paired with Sam, Loyal Attendant, Frodo fits neatly into a lifegain strategy that snowballs value while leaning into the flavorful Ring mechanic
As you cast spells, youll be adding +1/+1 counters and Charge counters to your creatures and artifacts
Most importantly, Invasion of Gobakhan only has three defense counters, making it the easiest battle to defeat, which means flipping it shouldn't be much of an issue for the decks that want it

The first such move was moving up the games upcoming Banned and Restricted List update by roughly two weeks from November 24th to November 10th, with Klomparens explaining that the decision to not make an emergency ban was done out of a courtesy for players who planned to compete in the upcoming Magic: The Gathering Regional Championship Qualifiers [RCQ] season using Vivis power: This keeps the basic premise of not interfering with players who had planned their decks and travel for the Standard RCQ season while still moving up the announcement and giving players more time to prepare for the World Championships should something change. What were not going to do is create a previously unannounced emergency banning window in the middle of the RCQ season, though its worth noting that we have seen the calls for it and discussed it
it can come in early enough, and it can help you reduce casting costs for a few turns