Ultimately, a lot of explorations were either too mundane to get that sense of adventure or a full minigame that was too much to keep track of alongside the Magic game (or fit on the table)
Gain control of this creature and put a -1/-1 counter on it
Meanwhile, Ice Flan and Hill Gigas are mediocre but playable, and Cloudbound Moogle is probably playable but certainly not good
Proxies are a potential solution to this, to allow more people to play cEDH and Canlander, and I can definitely get behind this
Unlike Young Pyromancer or Murmuring Mystic, Iconoclast cares if youre casting noncreature spells, not just instants and sorceries, so any artifact ramp, cantrips, or even enchantments will make you tokens
The most expensive ability, to create the 3/2 Shapeshifter, is the one thats easiest to skip when were getting low on life