Now what are the best of the best
Lava Dart Another one of my favourite cards
For example, cards that allow you to deliberately return cards to your card - such as the item card Perplexing Signposts - or play cards for free, letting you efficiently pop Merlin, Goat in and out of your hand for a lore each time
Wall of Blossoms (Ext, S, Block) The highest placing true cantrip on the list, Wall of Blossoms plays defense with the best of them, without costing you a single card
Best of all, he can do this without Challenging, which leaves him free to generate Lore or Challenge a different Character
Then you can spend four mana over and over again, to Loot a card and have a foe or you mill equal to the discarded card's cost, so that'll fill your graveyard up quickly with discards and mills so you have reanimation fodder