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While there are a number of creatures across the Bloomburrow set thatll let you populate your nest, Family Matters face Commander Zinnia, Valleys Voice plays stork for all the critters in Valley

This can be cumbersome to do if you dont have good attacks unless your deck is meant to tap creatures

Accelerating from turn 1 gives decks an edge over their opponents, and its hard to be more efficient than these little guys

That three extra mana you didnt have to actually pay can now be spent on a threat like Teferi or Phlage, double-spelling way ahead of what would normally be possible with basically no downside

In the end, we decided against having a unifying "hero" mechanic