Also, 30 of the 40 lands are basics, with only 12 of those being Forests, so the mana-fixing isnt great
You could either build up one creature, packed with equipment, or you could run lots of legendary equipment for your various aggro creatures
The doggo allows your deck to function along an entirely different axis by having such a potent two-mana threat
For me, its my Laelia, the Blade Reforged deck
Jetmir, and other creature-based strategies, will get a major boost if you believe a one-drop mana accelerant is due back into Standard this fall
Johnny sees a way to guarantee four damage for one mana on the first turn of the game, especially since the control decks full of wraths, counterspells, and planeswalkers that we know and love are much less common in the non-competitive world thats mostly made of tribal, mill, ramp, and combo