Budget Alternatives to Taniwha

Living Tsunami $0.08 2UU · Elemental Flying Cache Raiders $0.09 3UU · Merfolk Rogue At the beginning of your upkeep, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand. Shimmerwing Chimera $0.11 3U · Chimera Flying Zealots en-Dal $0.16 3W · Human Soldier At the beginning of your upkeep, if all nonland permanents you control are white, you gain 1 life. Biting Tether $0.21 4U · Aura Enchant creature Waterspout Weavers $0.25 3UU · Merfolk Wizard Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. Innocuous Researcher $0.28 3G · Centaur Detective Parley — Whenever this creature attacks, each player reveals the top card of their library. Troublesome Spirit $0.30 2UU · Spirit Flying Katsumasa, the Animator $0.32 2UU · Moonfolk Artificer Flying Extravagant Replication $0.44 4UU · Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of another target nonland permanent... Warping Wurm $0.63 2GU · Wurm Phasing Wilderness Reclamation $0.74 3G · Enchantment At the beginning of your end step, untap all lands you control. Thopter Spy Network $1.65 2UU · Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control an artifact, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artif... Chisei, Heart of Oceans $1.83 2UU · Spirit Flying