#7: Pinnacle EmissaryPinnacle Emissary Now this is where the level starts to grow quite a bit
While its restriction to only collecting low-power creatures can be awkward, you'd typically include Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker alongside Imperial Recruiter, to trigger Recruiter's ability many more times
While most of these cards reward you for sacrificing creatures, you can go even deeper with cards that trigger when you sacrifice a creature or when a creature dies
Soldiers often dominate a ground game, then Harbin lets you count up your lethal damage and overwhelm an opponent that might have a few fliers, or even one big one, but it's rarely enough to defend against a pumped battalion flying at them
On top of that, it has an activated ability to make everyone discard again
Until your next turn, he becomes an Island