You dont get the choice of a riddle or to pay them off, you have to face the creature and save the town
Sorcery Color tag templates(None) Solve the Equation Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle
Well, when Multani dies, instead of putting it in your command zone, you can let it go to the graveyard and use its activated ability to bring it back to your hand
But in terms of MTG mechanics, it does click into place as his schtick pretty quickly
[24] Volcanic Island was accidentally omitted from Alpha and only appears in Beta
Loki Laufeyson Copying spells is pretty good, and Loki Faufeyson does it at a relatively cheap cost: Just 1 extra mana, and you can do it every turn, maybe more with untap effects like Sting, the Glinting Dagger