So investigate never sits on the stack by itself, and you cant respond to just investigate happening you can only respond to the spell or ability that tells you to do it
Endurance is the most castable card of the cycle, which is nice if your opponent stumbles a bit, or you have another piece of interaction, you can easily cast Endurance to save yourself a card
In a similar vein, photo style options can lend a realistic edge to certain designs
Spread counters across multiple creatures instead of stacking one threat
2 mana to cast and equip this Legendary card is already a good rate, and the fact that it generates 2 counters, which you can use even while it is unattached , anytime its equipped creature deals combat damage (thats attacking OR blocking) is insane
Playing Sandy Claws Now that we have a respectable amount of theme in place, well still need to determine our actual gameplay strategy