Dont sleep on Author of Shadows, either sure its a ten mana combo, but exiling an opponents Teferis Protection or Heroic Intervention can help you close the game
The backside, The Grand Evolution, puts creatures from your graveyard into play, distributes some +1/+1 counters, and lets your creatures fight others for just mana
This Mega Gengar ex card from Phantom Gate [XY4], however, faced no such issue
The Smith can even work as an alternate win-con in a pinch, incidentally getting quite large as you play out the rest of your game plan
Other times, shell pick off a utility creature or come down post combat to finish off a creature
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