An effect may refer to a card, spell, or permanent that "has an Adventure." This refers to a card, spell, or permanent that has an adventurer card's set of alternative characteristics, even if they're not being used and even if that card was never cast as an Adventure
Thats already cool, and you can also evoke it for 1 mana
Hostage Taker may be somewhat under the radar, since its a blue and black creature, but when you remember that last set we had The Scarab God, and now theres Hostage Taker, playing a U/B creature deck starts to look more and more intriguing
We are excited to have Historic feel distinct, and we want to continue to build on that
Magic: The Gathering has tons of cards, and plenty of them have the myriad mechanic