Having a 4 toughness is huge here, as it survives a Dragonback Assault, and cards like Overlord of the Hauntwoods, Fabled Passage, and Icetill Explorer should help you hit the draw ability fairly consistently
DAI LI AGENTS Besides the upside of being able to Earthbend twice off this creature, which is significant to many strategies like Black and Green land centric decks, this card comes with the ability to synergize with the ever popular +1/+1 counters strategies
One extra mana to hit artifacts is totally worth it though, and until later in the game the end the turn clause doesn't really matter
Our second starter increases our ramp density from 7 to 12, we also get to fill out our steel removal suite with 4 copies each of Smash and Fire the Cannons
Compared to the Amber/Amethyst deck that has multiple copies of Friends From the Other Side, as well as Part of Your World, Hades, Lord of the Underworld, and Dr