Youre giving up two life and shifting a generic mana to green for Workshop Warchief, but youre also gaining a larger body left behind, having trample on the front end, and leaving open the possibility of blitz late-game to draw a card
Token-based strategies are very common with Soldier cards, along with Soldier creatures that give anthem effects to your other Soldiers
The First Doctor The folks at EDHREC have The First Doctor way down at #14, but one thing makes it #1 in my book it searches up your TARDIS when it enters the battlefield and can even rescue it from the graveyard if it has been destroyed
The core synergy revolves around , a 1/1 creature whose ability can effectively double the power of any pump spell, allowing for massive, unexpected bursts of damage
*Buy Survival of the Fittest cards on TCGPlayer or eBay *Buy Fauna Shaman cards on TCGPlayer or eBay Original Dual Lands to Shock Lands This one is less of a secret and more of a reminder