The other thing WoW TCG does to smooth resource issues is to give its quests (the land equivalent) token abilities that allow you to regain some late game value and this really helps in mana flood situations
Costing two generic and one of each of the Jund colours (black/red/green), whenever Zangief deals excess damage to a creature, its controller sacrifices a noncreature, nonland permanent
It's also important to consider that not every recursive creature needs a payoff
It's hard to get too much value most of the time in just Jumpstart 2022 packs without continuously holding onto your Distinguished Conjurer, but beyond that in places like Commander, Preston can really excel
On a similar note, Bartered Cow is a nonartifact card artifact for Shape Anew if Inkmoth Nexus wasnt good enough
Tinker, printed in the infamous Urza block, broke all of these rules