A big part of doing that was capturing the clans
Return of the Wildspeaker One of the most played green cards in EDH overall, losing to the staple ramp cards, Return of the Wildspeaker is a modal card that's a mix between a strong buff to your creatures and a good card draw spell
Alpha and Beta cards have black borders, with Alpha cards having more rounded corners than subsequent sets
As you can see, it turns all lands into Islands, your foes as well, and will let you islandwalk them with several options in this brew, including this
Invasion of Ikoria gives us that creature for the cost of skipping six damage rather than paying mana, and if there's one thing we've learned over the years, it's that paying life to make mana is almost always worthwhile