Like I often do, I kept that in mind as I worked on the set, hoping to find a solution
The other ability is Raven's Call, and this lets you draw a card whenever a character exerts on your turn
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand
Graven Cairns, for instance, was just re-released in Duskmourn, while Flooded Grove has been printed into the ground, with recent appearances in Thunder Junction, Bloomburrow, Duskmourn, and Tarkir: Dragonstorm
This means that Kida, Royal Warrior can provide some much needed defence early on to protect those cheap and weak characters with useful abilities: such as steels own Razoul, Palace Guard - which has plus two willpower when undamaged - or emeralds Morph, Space Goo or sapphires Scrooge McDuck, Uncle Moneybags