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Instead, a newer version (which taps for any color but requires multiple artifacts be in play) is available instead
If you want a slightly more reliable method for getting a free pet, you should just focus on earning gold by winning games and completing daily challenges
The mana curve for Animated Army is fairly high, so cards like Thran Dynamo, Gilded Lotus, and Hedron Archive, which can tap for more than one mana, are key mana rocks for the deck
I do think its a little simple and relies too heavily on your opponents having creatures, but at the end of the day if they dont have any creatures to goad, youre going to be connecting with your dragons anyway, so who cares
Combined with other counter-giving cards, Sphere Grid can quickly become a significant problem for players without a proper way to deal with trample , especially with cards that trigger off of opponent damage