ascend cards mtg Ascension, 15 Tendershoot Dryad

While its true that this Rocco exiles cards for everyone at the table, this just means that your opponents have a much higher incentive to fight amongst themselves while you reap the rewards in the form of +1/+1 counters and Food tokens

Spells and emblems aren't permanents

You do need to tap Niko for this, but Intruder Alarm means we can do this each turn

Forgotten Creations ability to create a Drake for each card in your hand seems slow, as you have to wait a turn, while Olivia, Mobilized for Wars ability to chain Drakes off discard triggers from the last Drake feels like a bit of a win-more, as you still need something initializing it

Keen Engineering (Blue artifacts/Thopters w/Sai) Leonardo da Vinci Hes cheap enough, but being part of the Assassins Creed IP probably means he avoids a reprint

Its not even a creature