Summoning Monsters Before your monsters can do anything, they need to hit the field, and that happens through summoning
I've experimented with other tools, including a swivel-blade knife, glue, and fake gems, but I have come back to my base set
Furthermore, Siphon Insight is the perfect budget card because budget decks naturally have their power level somewhat capped by the budget
Giving your creatures a permanent buff and temporary evasion is pretty good, and also means this group hug commander can actually help close a game which has been a curse that has followed these kinds of decks around even though a well built one can do that anyway these days
Modern also has more one-mana permanents than usual right now, and a lot more zero-mana permanents than usual
It was released in november 2001