An update after recent discussion.
I'd been side-eyeing
Ursapine since it came up, wondering if it was worth a try. At
3gg it's costed ok, and I did a quick gatherer dive for anything else that trades
g without tapping for stat pumps. This is pretty much it (
Elder of Laurels caught my eye too, but is relatively conditional by comparison).
So I'm gonna give it a go; as mentioned, it could alpha strike with
Yavimaya Dryad, as well as
Tornado Elemental, gives me the (still very slim) option of commander damaging someone out, and gives me lots to do with
Nyxbloom Ancient mana.
I had actually meant to be adding
Paleoloth too. I ordered it for nothing from my LGS, but they couldn't find the damn card. It wasn't meant to be, this time. I like the idea of one weird and wacky combo in the deck, I like that I can do it at instant speed, and I've been meaning to sit down with the rest of the list and see if there's any other specific angles to work with
Paleoloth and other inclusions, but it's a moot point for now.
Emrakul, the Promised End I won't miss overly. For an Eldrazi titan she was super flavourful, I loved the 'unlucky 13' thing it had going. In terms of gameplay though, I was always too timid to pull it out on my wife and it just sat in my hand in a lot of other games too, so there's no reason to keep it.
Ursapine is a lot more unassuming too, which I like.