Ornithopter is a massive upgrade, mostly because it has flying, which makes it a really great backup version of Gingerbrute when it comes to getting in massive attacks with a creature wearing All That Glitters

Here are all of the budget instant speed green card draw spells you can include in your decks: Charge Through Target creature gains trample until end of turn Draw a card Hunters Insight Choose target creature you control Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards Inspiring Call Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn Viridescent Wisps Target creature becomes green and gets +1/+0 until end of turn Draw a card Warriors Lesson Until end of turn, up to two target creatures you control each gain Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card Here is a pre-populated list of all of those 2 mana instant speed green card draw spells I was mentioning
Planeswalkers did that in a way battles couldnt
Suddenly, your removal doesnt line up, blocks stop working , and the creature you needed to kill is untouchable
Buster Sword feels like a strong option for grinding value
I dont think either mechanic harms the color pieeach color already has access to card-smoothing mechanics like Scry and Cyclingbut I wonder which other abilities that have been cordoned off to single colors will soon become fair game for other colors in the right environment