Early Play Design feedback indicated this wasn't working for that format, so we went back to the drawing board to try and find the best of both worlds
So if enough -1/-1 counters are placed on a modular creature to kill it outright, say if your 1/1 Arcbound Ravager gets hit with a Black Sun's Zenith where X=2, then the creature will die
This has also made me realize the sneaky advantage of cards like Haytham Kenway that have protection from a certain creature type: Kindred spells with changeling cant target them
it's much more difficult for someone to steal a dead spell from you than a dead creature
If you cast a three-cost creature with Squad 2, then pay four extra mana, youll get three copies of the card
Although there are some non-spirit commanders used in some spirit typal decks, most notably Quintorius, Loremaster and Hofri Ghostforge, those decks arent my focus here