(Whenever enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .) 9.3/10$0.44 Combat Research Enchantment Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card." As long as enchanted creature is legendary, it gets +1/+1 and has ward
A more powerful option is Imotekh the Stormlord from the Necron Warhammer 40k deck
Three mana to kill a tapped creature or 5 to kill anything seems like a fair trade off
The key thing with Ghired is making sure that you can protect him, but also that you have a couple of really good tokens to copy and bring in attacking
Thor, God of Thunder The Aggressive Staple Thor is the card that aggressive and midrange players in Standard and Pioneer will reach for
You do this when you use a land to make mana, when you attack with a creature, or when you activate an ability that has the symbol as part of its cost (means "tap this permanent")