Champions from Beyond: Big Beastmaster Ascension vibes, and this can cost as little as to get into play
$25 Upgrade +1/+1 Counters is a very deep archetype so there's more sweet upgrade options that I could ever hope to cover, but I selected some of my favorites: for protection I've added Bulwark Ox and Mutational Advantage, a bunch of proliferates with Metastatic Evangel and Dreamtide Whale being the two best, ramp got a massive upgrade with Astral Cornucopia / Kami of Whispered Hopes / Purestrain Genestealer / Summon: Fenrir, and so on
Magic: The Gatherings latest set, Secrets of Strixhaven , launched last week and has been pretty well received
Effectively, by paying this cost, you can ensure your attacker will deal damage to an opponent
5 mana to reanimate something rarely plays super well in Limited, even when it gives you a little something extra
Its time to get creative