The Storm decks that I have seen have frequently been hybrids with another of the spell-based decks, like Dampen Thought, since both strategies encourage you to have a high density of cheap cards in your deck
Cards with amass 1 are at their best when theyre adding another body to the board, not when theyre adding a +1/+1 counter, so sacrificing armies to keep the sac fodder coming is your best bet
Its not the best protection but better than nothing and just annoying enough that your opponents may point their removal elsewhereif they wont pay the for Rhystic Study, why would they kill your stuff
she's got nothing else going
But when you play him, hell have a massive impact
However, theres a good chance this variant ends up being worth a ton of money as the only non-Final Fantasy bonus card, and one that is so iconic