Glint Weaver

Seven mana buys a modest body and a stack of decisions: three counters to place wherever they matter most, and a lifegain payoff that keys off whichever creature you control has the largest toughness. The design ties those two halves together deliberately. Dumping all three counters onto a single blocker widens the toughness the lifegain reads, so the counter distribution and the life swing are the same choice made twice. Spread the counters to grow a board, or pile them onto one wall to bank a bigger heal and a sturdier defender. Reach and a green Spider frame telegraph the intended role: a ground-and-air backstop that stabilizes rather than closes. The entry trigger front-loads all of the value into the moment it lands, which makes the 3/3 body an afterthought once the counters and the life have resolved. The clause that saves it from pure ramp filler is the toughness reading itself: it counts creatures you already control, not just the ones it buffs, so a board that is already tall pays out immediately on arrival. It is a curve-topper built for green midrange and defensive counter-strategies, the kind of card that trades tempo for a durable, incremental grip on the board.