Honored Knight-Captain The 8 mana is a lot to pour into Honored Knight-Captain to equate to a 1/1 token and an equipment you played from the library
Theres still high randomness in input (you have limited control over the top of your deck), but an enormous amount of control over the output (you can craft a hand to guarantee the +1/+1 counter, should you want it) and greater consistency in output (you always loot)
While youve got Phyrexian Mite tokens from the land Mirrex, you can also create spirits using Phantom Interference, Three Steps Ahead and Sunfall
Unfortunately, this also means turning it into a competitive deck in these inks will require too many new cards
Let's see what this cute set has in store
however, the more colors that are used, the harder it is for a player to have the correct types and amount of mana to cast their spells, making for a tactical trade-off