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First, I just want to say that I totally share the hate of zombie brutes with you, Puddnhead.
Second, If you don't want the mana but only the actions, it will usually be better to just bring a temple of asyra that will let you bring a creature every other turn (unless you just want 2 creatures on 2nd or 3rd turn). It cost only 3 more, but give you many more actions.
What's good about the banner is that it is already channeling 2, s it gives you a mana advantage.
And obviously, if you just have loads of mana and not enough actions to do anything with it (because you melee attack for full action, and bring only small spells for quickcast and your opponent often use jinx), It is a possible play to cast it on final quickcast and bring 2 creatures to just use that mana.
With melee builds (Usually with a priest or a forcemaster), I tend to stack a load of mana during midgame, when I keep attacking but only bring an enchantment or a small attack spell. Paladins are sort of builded to be made as a melee build, so having a contingency to use when they have tons of mana and not much to do with it is actually really awsome.
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