On top of that, whatever creature you equip with Lion Sash gets +1/+1 for each of those counters
This Boros phoenix pounds away at opposing life totals on its own before you consider support from cards like Mondrak, Glory Dominus, Purphoros, God of the Forge, or Grateful Apparition
Idea #2: Stop using dense ink Heres a sentence you probably didnt think you were going to read today: The Dead Sea Scrolls were written with a dense type of ink that features heavier, leadened materials, whereas the Herculaneum scrolls, which are papyrus documents once owned by the father-in-law of Julius Caesar and which were carbonized after a volcanic eruption, were written with inks made out of organic, carbon-filled materials
Delighted Halfling is the only true competition for this spot, but being narrower than Birds of Paradise means its far from essential
You need to have creatures on the battlefield to keep your spells from being countered, yet want to focus mainly on casting noncreature spells