Distinguished Conjurer

Two engines share this small white body, each pitched at a different kind of creature deck. The first is a passive lifegain trigger tuned for go-wide builds: every additional creature you bring into play tops off your life total, and a board that floods with tiny bodies turns that into meaningful accumulation. The second half does the real work. A repeatable flicker outlet converts any creature with an enters-the-battlefield ability into a mana sink, and because the exile-and-return resolves at instant speed, it also functions as a protection button: respond to targeted removal by blinking the threatened creature, then collect the reentry trigger for free. Sorcery-speed reset effects cannot do that; the instant-speed window is where this design earns its keep. The tension lives in the price. Five mana per activation means the ability wants a midgame board, not an early flurry, and it asks the two halves to feed each other: the life buffer keeps you upright while the flicker grinds incremental value out of your own triggers. The 1/2 accomplishes almost nothing by itself, which is the honest read. This is scaffolding for a creature-churn strategy already up and running, a support piece that rewards a battlefield in motion rather than a standalone clock.