C+ Soul Ransom While it does give the opponent the option to release the creature from captivity, it does come at a high price
With no counters on it, the Persist creature can respawn each time it's destroyed, so long as Celes is on the field
As I started going through more options, though, I realized that "essentials" here could mean things like Dockside Extortionist, Purphoros, God of Forge
They are also somewhat colour fixers although the worst in this regard in the cube - try casting a Cryptic Command for 4 with 2 bounce lands in play for less than 5
As is, make sure your starting hand has some ramp, because youre gonna need it to cast your spells
Meanwhile you can create the given Marit Lage once you've built up to 10 Snow permanents rather than building down