To pass the Vanilla Test, a creature's MV should be about half the combined P/T
If you're casting an adventurer card or split card with escape, you choose how you wish to cast it, then pay the appropriate cost (for the Adventure, the creature, or the half of the split card you chose) plus exiling three cards
The additional beginning phase all happens during the current turn
Dried Winds The last Winds continuous trap, this one gives you additional monster destruction
Its Expert Nurturer ability lets you search for and immediately play an evolution onto a creature, accelerating card draw and taking a turn out of the ramp up to a powerful attacker
The Imu deck has dominated tournaments since release, with the Five Elders immunity to effect removal rewriting deck-building across the format