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Casting Exploration on, say, turn seven without many cards in your hand and no draw engine is significantly less good than casting it on your opening turn

While these initially start as just 2/2 creatures, you can turn them face up and surprise your opponent mid-combat

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Backing up this aggression are defensive tools (Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots) and tricks (Tyvar's Stand, Guardian Augmenter, Heroic Intervention) to keep our general alive and growing