Blue The trick here is to do a filter effect (that is an effect that involves drawing and discarding cards) that can target any player
Speaking of Time of Need, if the legendary creature density was greater, this could be another consideration as an engine I'm not sure at what point Circle of Dreams Druid is a consideration if 3mv enablers are worthwhile
The official rules for escalate are as follows: 702.119
Theyre essentially any activated ability that creates mana (like most lands or Llanowar Elves), as long as it isnt a loyalty ability (like on Chandra, Torch of Defiance) or doesnt have a target (like the first ability on Deathrite Shaman
This will help you exile good stuff, fight against top-of-the-deck tutors like Mystical Tutor or Liliana Vess, and you can use it to exile problem
Our initial idea was to have a single-faced card that went into your library and would fetch the double-faced card from outside the game when you cast it