This stage is about laying the groundwork for your deck and keeping yourself as non-threatening as possible against any aggressive players
The Third Doctor is all about non-creature tokens, giving you a Treasure, Clue, or Food when he ETBs, and growing bigger for each of them you have
Instant Removal (CTRL to add secondary) Tokens Idol of False Gods , : Create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add ." Whenever another Eldrazi you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this artifact
Why would you want to use your 4/4 flier as a mana dork
And when looking for top cards you want to keep an eye out for cards like this that have a huge potential ceiling
It doesnt however counter everything, so there is some loss to gain ratio here, being you get to have life gain and surveil or destroy an enchantment