It wouldnt be a playable format if we couldnt pay 1 red to blast something for 3 damage (my condolences to the three of you playing Standard in the year of our Lord 2025)
More counters Tyranid Swarm runs on +1/+1 counters, and there are a lot of ways you can ratchet that up to 11
Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Legendary Creature SUBTYPE: Octopus CMC: 2 Mana cost: USD: $0.19 EUR: 0.08 TIX: 0.03 EDHREC RANK: 14735 (2/1) Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, if at least four mana was spent to cast it, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it
#9 - Azami, Lady of Scrolls Arguably the very first good Wizard Commander, Azami, Lady of Scrolls started terrorizing tables immediately as soon as people saw how powerful it is to have a tap ability you can use without needing haste
And this means this deck needs more enablers and a better manabase
Third, Shaman acts as a form of graveyard hate against some decks by exiling important cards from the opponents graveyard
