Necropanther can give you a similar, early game mutate trigger, while Boneyard Lurker returns any permanent type, albeit to your hand
But these also come with disadvantages
This card prevents your opponents from swinging out at you with a board full of creatures, and forces combat to be one-on-one, both of which favor you
While this is already a handy use of two mana, whenever a dragon enters the battlefield under its owner's control, that player can deal X damage to any target where X is the number of dragons they control
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar and Verdurous Gearhulk are best friends, since the former creates tokens to pump with the latter as well as providing you with another Anthem effect for your creatures in the (not-so0rare) case that you are very unlucky and dont draw your bomb mythic five-drop
Benefiting from your opponents' trading cards with each other is a nice bonus