We didnt discuss this beforehand, if we had, I wouldnt have to pivot to another idea at the 11th hour
Tember City Plane: Kinshala Whenever a player taps a land for mana, Tember City deals 1 damage to that player
No attacking or blocking happens here, but you can use this step to affect the upcoming combat (e.g., tap an opponent's creature so it can't block)
Black is usually fond of gaining power at any cost, but Braids is more of the This is gonna hurt you a lot more than it's gonna hurt me type of black card
When your color pairs identity is wrapped up in drawing cards, playing lands, and making all your creatures huge, its easy to create a bunch of different value piles
Also note that Gale says cast so it will trigger Stella's first ability and count towards her second