You can exert him with his ability Bugle Call and pay two ink to play any character for free
Entering tapped with a stun counter brilliantly represents the slow shuffling of these monsters in battle, inching ever so closely to a particular party member
Counter Blitz Collector's Edition contains 4 punch-out counter cards and 6 double-sided surge foil tokens
Cerberus This four-drop surveils one, and then on the next turn copies your spell and then last turn triples it
Ultimately, Ive found steel to be fairly metagame dependent working well as a supporting ink, but tends to fall flat in the starring role
Alphinaud Leveilleur* 4 Mana for Alphinaud is a lot, given what else you can get in card draw there, and the fact its only on your second spell each turn combined with a poor size make this a creature you probably leave out of your party, unless you are wanting to make use of its partner