The card even gives you a set of two other awesome options to consider for when you don't need to turtle up
Spend this mana only to activate abilities
Card Set(s) -ADVENTURE ON KAMI'S ISLAND- [OP15-EB04] CARD VIEW OP15-016 | UC | CHARACTER Fullbody Attribute Strike Block icon 4 Card Set(s) -ADVENTURE ON KAMI'S ISLAND- [OP15-EB04] CARD VIEW OP15-017 | C | CHARACTER Morgan Attribute Slash Block icon 4 Effect [Blocker] [Activate: Main] [Once Per Turn] You may give 1 of your opponent's rested DON
For that role, I turn to the Dimir Midrange shell that sat on the fringes of Standard for a while because of the power of Thought Erasure, Thief of Sanity, and Hostage Taker but never broke into the mainstream because it lacked the necessary density of proactive early plays or a powerful enough end-game as it had when The Scarab God was legal
Thats all you get until you reach ferocious, which only requires 3 more power
2 Edgar Markov Build The Vampire Swarm The premier Vampire Commander, Edgar Markov, creates an army of Vampire tokens for every Vampire spell you cast, turning every creature into a two-for-one value-wise