Acornelia, Fashionable Filcher [Unsanctioned]Set: Unsanctioned Type: Legendary Creature Squirrel Rarity: Rare Cost: {3}{B} Whenever you cast a spell with a squirrel in its art, you get {A} (an acorn counter). Whenever a Squirrel you control enters the battlefield or dies, you get {A}. {2}{B}, Pay X {A}: Target creature gets X X until end of turn. {G}, Pay X {A}: Target creature gets +X +X until end of turn.

and then followed that up with mana-denial cards like Stone Rain

auratouched mage

"Hold tight

Set: Exodus Type: Creature — Specter Spirit Rarity: Rare Cost: {3}{B}{B} Flying

From the Sardian mountains wakes ancient doom: Warrior born from a rocky womb

Set: Torment Type: Sorcery Rarity: Rare Cost: {3}{G}{G} For each creature token on the battlefield

Activate only as a sorcery and only if you have one or fewer cards in hand

Each Stormscape apprentice must hand-raise and train an owl before attaining the rank of master

“It is the way of most wizards to begin by exiling themselves and to end by exiling everyone else

"I see a spark of pure rage

the Triskelion later proved both versatile and useful

Set: Mystery Booster Type: Enchantment Rarity: Rare Cost: {3}{G} At the beginning of your upkeep