With many of the same powerful features and nearly the same speed, High Tide was nonetheless able to dominate the matchup with more Counterspells and fewer artifact do-nothings there only to power up the Academy
I started fighting Garland again and once again was pulled away
For example, if you put Fetching Garden from your hand onto the battlefield using the triggered ability of Manabond, Fetching Garden enters untapped
Its not just old favourites that are coming into play via Modern Horizons 2 though
So it wouldn't be that big of a surprise for there to be a functional deck in Standard that could play Zirda as its companion, although I'm not sure just how good Zirda would be in such a deck
For just three life, you can have The Black Gate enter the battlefield untapped if you really need to use it right away for its ability to generate a black mana, or the other activated ability