Lightning Bolt was especially important at PT 1, as it was the best clean answer to Black Knight, Order of the Ebon Hand, White Knight, Order of Leitbur, and so on (since both Swords to Plowshares and Terror had giant weaknesses)
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The Red one just has a 1/1 body, but it can tap with three mana to fight, and when it is dealt damage you can redirect it
If you're looking to upgrade the list further, you can use some of the more expensive card suggestions that I listed above in the "Everything Else" section or the "Upgrades and Fiddly Bits" section below
When those tokens start dropping, your creatures grow stronger, your cards keep flowing, and your opponents life totals melt away