Caustic Caterpillar is perfect here as a cheap body that can be sacrificed for a Naturalize
Emberwilde Captain deters incoming attacks by dealing damage to an attacking opponent equal to the number of cards in their hand, so long as youre still the monarch
This special action doesnt use the stack, and it cant be responded to, but it may only be done at sorcery speed that's to say, whenever you have priority during one of your main phases while the stack is empty
They also reflect how returning to this concept sparingly, and not in every set, can mantain the novelty
The counter spells, flicker effects, and untapped mana serve as excellent rattlesnakes that tend to keep this deck in the game all the way to the very end
Producing mana, attacking, and activating certain abilities require tapping a card, turning it sideways to indicate it has been used