There are plenty of cards in the deck that can safely goad, and Renegade Silent goads any creature and then gives itself a stat boost while phasing out to keep it protected
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay
Unlike most of the other battles, Invasion of Ikoria costs two green mana plus X, where X is as much additional mana you want to sink into the cards casting cost
Duskana, the Rage Mother I'm not too impressed with a five mana 5/5, especially with three colors in the casting cost
You search up Plains equal to the difference in the number of lands, put one in play tapped, and put the rest into your hand
Throughout, Wizards of the Coast has consistently added new mechanics and abilities in each subsequent set, some of which have had a bigger impact on evolving deck-building strategies and the overall meta