Cragsmasher Yeti

Backup was built to solve an old aggro problem: a creature that either finds a target and doubles down or turns into a fresh threat when it lands on itself. This Yeti shows why that design holds together, because the two counters it distributes stick around while the trample it lends expires with the turn. The split matters for how you point it. Aim it at another attacker and you keep a 4/2 body plus a temporarily trampling monster for the swing; drop it with no other creatures around and the counters plus trample fall on the Yeti, so it never comes up empty. Mountaincycling covers the other end of the curve, since a six-mana creature that wants a fourth land more than a top-heavy body can be pitched for a Mountain instead. Pairing a haymaker with a fetch-a-land discard outlet is the deliberate compromise that lets a middling creature justify a slot without gumming up the opening turns. That the buff is permanent and the reach is fleeting also shapes sequencing: the counters are yours to keep, but the extra damage is a single-turn window you have to spend when it counts.