Once Meddling Mage is on the battlefield naming Path to Exile, you wont be able to remove it in Game 1, save for a Phantasmal Image that copies a Reflector Mage
Many of the cards that create tokens create powerful or evasive ones, and with creatures making up the majority of the deck, you'll be dwindling life totals down all throughout
Thraben Inspector happens to work very well with Exemplar, putting another body along with the artifact needed to pump it to a 3/2 during combat
That should be enough to get you to seven mana to have a Lightning BoltLightning Bolt or a Swan SongSwan Song available, or maybe just run out a Mind BombMind Bomb at sorcery speed to make your seven mana into nine cards
Shu Foot Soldiers Rarity: Common TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Human Soldier CMC: 3 Mana cost: USD: $1.18 EUR: 0.57 TIX: 0.00 EDHREC RANK: 30320 (2/3) Shu General Rarity: Common TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Human Soldier CMC: 4 Mana cost: USD: $6.76 EUR: 4.10 TIX: 0.00 EDHREC RANK: 26314 (2/2) Vigilance
Intuitive hotkeys make playing through the first few turns of your new deck easy as can be
