Now, you can't redirect a Counterspell to counter itself after your spell resolves
Mageta the Lion (S, Block) While Blinding Angel might have heralded the return of white-blue control decks, Mageta the Lion pushed them over the top
While none of the competitive success has to do with it being a dinosaur, you could undoubtedly satisfy the companion requirement with a dino build since they have a naturally high mana value for the most part
As for Runehorn Hellkite, I've never met a Wheel of Fortune I didn't like, and even though this one is pretty expensive at six mana, it also generates random value from the graveyard if you discard it to something like Survival of the Fittest and is uncounterable and instant speed
If that explored card is a land, you can take a land from your hand and put it into play tapped
Kjeldoran Skycaptain is the other giant-bird rider, while the Kjeldoran Knight 's flavour text wants us to know that even the ground forces aren't discriminated against