Then the Vampire was printed next, same cost, this time it adds flying and +1 toughness, but it just works once per turn so it's both better then Mentor (flying, bigger size, no mana needed) and worse (just once per turn)
Knight of the White Orchid also gives you the ability to drop an extra land when it comes into play , as long as you're already behind on land
Floodborn characters born from the game fictional concept of a "cataclysmic ink flood": an event unleashed when a forbidden book was opened, changing heroes and villains alike into more powerful forms, though many magical "pieces of lore" were lost in the ink flood as well
Infernal Contract cost one land and one card (pitching to the Bloom) to draw four more cards
This means that Kida, Royal Warrior can provide some much needed defence early on to protect those cheap and weak characters with useful abilities: such as steels own Razoul, Palace Guard - which has plus two willpower when undamaged - or emeralds Morph, Space Goo or sapphires Scrooge McDuck, Uncle Moneybags