mtg lord of the rings all cards just teased a new crossover set the Ring tempts you. The Lord of the Rings:

Nature & Instinct: Green favours creature synergies and creatures that represent animals, beasts, or elementals

It doesnt matter what kind of card draw engine an opponent has in this case because you can always double their output and come out ahead

By adding in Blue, we get stealing, counters, card draw, and bounce to our options

Shame on me - I should have known better, and for my intransigence he (rightly) decided to swing everything at me

The high power also makes it a natural pair with many cards that care about a creatures power, like Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea and Gimli's Reckless Might

I covered why I think Gale is cEDH-adjacent early this year, but honestly it wasn't that hard to explain