This includes dropping the price on Masters set packs back down to $7, reprinting more cards that are expensive because they have a lot of demand (rather than cards like Imperial Recruiter that were expensive because they were low in supply), and refocusing reprint efforts to popular formats like Modern (either by bringing back Modern Masters or by making sure that themed Masters sets are stocked with expensive Modern staples)
And sure, this can grant indestructibility when it enters, or can do it at instant speed if you have the mana for disguise which means that it will kill whatever blocks it and survive thanks to death touch and indestructibility, but it seems like youre just paying too much mana for this no matter how you deploy it
Gurmag Angler Gurmag Angler is a virtual vanilla 5/5 creature that can be cast for as low as thanks to the delve ability
Collector Ouphe In formats ripe with artifact interaction and mana rocks, Collector Ouphe can be a real pain
Cycling ( , Discard this card: Draw a card.) Cid, Timeless Artificer Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Legendary Creature SUBTYPE: Human Artificer CMC: 4 Mana cost: USD: $3.22 EUR: 3.09 TIX: 0.17 EDHREC RANK: 12038 (4/4) Artifact creatures and Heroes you control get +1/+1 for each Artificer you control and each Artificer card in your graveyard
Equip variants or equip abilities with restrictions, like the "equip legendary creature" ability of Wrecking Ball Arm, are still equip abilities, and their costs will be reduced by Cloud's last ability