Cloud of Faeriesutility$0.49A cheap blue creature with evasion that plays a similar role as an early tempo flier. It also helps you keep mana flowing by untapping lands.
Quirion Dryadutility$0.79A two-mana Simic creature that can grow into a real threat while you play your normal spells. It fills the same early board-presence slot in green-blue decks.
Trygon Predatorutility$0.22A flying Simic creature that applies pressure and also provides utility by answering artifacts and enchantments. It is a more impactful three-drop evasive threat.
Screeching Drakeutility$0.29A simple evasive blue creature at the same mana cost. It is a close budget-style analogue for an early flyer that can also smooth draws by bouncing a land.
Merfolk Skydiverutility$0.20A green-blue flying creature that can grow over time and fits the same evasive creature role. It offers more late-game scaling than a vanilla flyer.
Coiling Oraclecard_draw$0.24A staple two-mana Simic creature that provides early board presence and card advantage. It does not fly, but it fills a similar cheap value-creature role in the same colors.
Simic Sky Swallowerfinisher$0.20A much larger Simic flier that keeps the same blue-green flying threat identity. It is a top-end upgrade when you want the evasive role to matter more later.
Cold-Eyed Selkiecard_draw$0.40A blue-green evasive creature that can generate cards when it connects. It serves the same general role of an early flying attacker, but with much more payoff.