Something like a Lotleth Troll is a much more significant card than Wild Mongrel so despite being a more restricted discard outlet it sees a lot more action than the classic doggy
The decks incredibly consistent, with playsets of Ancient Stirrings, Chromatic Star, and Chromatic Sphere drawing bundles of cards and mitigating the restrictions of colorless mana while land tutors like Expedition Map find missing pieces
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While later interpretations show the Sol Ring as being a physical item or or some magical object, Tedin took the name to heart, making a more ethreal version of the Sol Ring being a ring of fire
The long and short of it is that its a 2/1 for G, which is a significant downgrade from Hexdrinker but a big step in allowing green to get away from mana acceleration in Cube and opening up more space for green as an aggressive color