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These two abilities actually work really well together, as the mana ability will give you the necessary resources to play the three cards you just exiled off the top of your library

When transformed, in addition to providing +1/+0 and haste to a creature at the beginning of each combat, that creature gains an additional +1/+0 and trample, providing additional damage and evasion

Giving them time to recover likely means they win

And it softens the blow and feel bad of countering a spell by giving them cards instead

[11] [13] : 50 One of the " Magic Golden Rules" is: "Whenever a card's text directly contradicts these rules, the card takes precedence"