Cub is, essentially, a better version of Bristly Bill: a mythic rare from Thunder Junction
The opponent gains life equal to that creatures power, but that trade-off rarely matters
I feel like the deck is a bit of a mishmash of good cards that happen to be an Outlaw
Hardened Scales is a staple for +1/+1 counters builds and can really shine in our Ape Tribal as Kibo, Uktabi Prince places one +1/+1 counter at a time on each Ape/Monkey so it becomes a +1/+1 counters doubler
Nutrient Block jokes aside (and that card is good!), Ive found that having defensive keywords has been great for keeping up the pressure in this format
Like, say, what GingerGiant shared: My favorite white and green token generators are: I love Fresh Meat, as it provides a fantastic way to protect your board by converting all of your (ideally) weak tokens into big, nasty tokens