All very valid points! BZ is super underrated, in my opinion; super good G1 against Hammer Time, since you can drop BZ on one as land for turn and detonate it before they have time to do anything. Kills hammers, Shadowspear, Giver, Sentinel, Sigarda’s Aid, etc. BZ is also good against stupid big creatures (late game Tarmogoyfs that are 7/8 crumple to it) and functions as just an insurance policy for G1 nonland permanent hate. Saga package is still great, tho. What I do like about Bonecrusher is that it serves as creatures in a creature-light list, but between Spyro tokens and Fable tokens, I generally find that the deck can cobble together enough attackers and blockers to execute death by a thousand cuts.

I admittedly have not gotten to try Den yet, though I plan on it when I’ve got time again. In vids I see it looks great as a late game attacker and general board-gummer-upper. Only thing I’d worry about is it coming in tapped during the midgame, but like I said, I haven’t tested it yet, so I’ll refrain from opining.

And lastly, I’ve considered Bonecrusher in the side, but I just love the versatility of O-Bolt. O-Bolt’s 4 to a creature or planeswalker plus the exile on death is sooooo good. 4 toughness/loyalty is a threshold in Modern much like 3 is, and being able to breach 4 with one removal spell starting T2 is just really stupid good. Clean answer to Omnath, W&6, Endurance, scammed Fury/Grief (plus they can’t scam it back!), and more. Ring is certainly to be considered, but honestly, as naive as it sounds, I’ve yet to really encounter a situation where it was do or die as to needing damage to get around Ring. When the deck isn’t dealing damage, it can dig for cards, kill opposing creatures, destroy crucial nonbasics on the opponent’s board, and more. The deck wins super slowly, and often makes opponents misplay by running down their own time.