Whether you buy in at retail or proxy in a complete cycle, get a fetch package into your decks and every game you play afterward will run smoother, faster, and with far fewer awkward color-screw stumbles
Many of these lists still work in cEDH pods
Namely, by sharing counters on the way in, its like Thalias Lieutenant has haste, since it adds to the damage you are dealing this turn
I picked up Fanghorn, Tree Shepherd just because of how amazing he looks, and I make it a personal goal to try and assemble both Saruman of Many Colors and Storm of Saruman whenever possible
While it gives the bonus of dealing additional damage by letting you reveal Dragon Creature cards from your hand, the base of dealing two damage to any target and leaving behind a Battle with a potent transformation is plenty good enough to see play in the Standard Mono-Red Aggro deck with zero Dragons
Biting-Palm Ninja Heres another card that puts an emphasis on combat, but the difference that puts Biting-Palm Ninja over previous entries is that it has a very relevant ability when combat isnt the name of the game