Whether it's EDH, a throwback to 2012 Standard, or Pioneer, casting Grisly SalvageGrisly Salvage will stock your graveyard up and give you a lot of flexibility in terms of how you want to develop your mana or your battlefield
And talking about Colossus, I don't consider single-color protection creatures that bad for the environment - they reward sideboard-mindful picks and punish mono colored decks (which are rare anyway, but I find them dull)
There are nineteen word salad creatures in the deck
Shimmer Myr will give my artifacts flash, but it's just the tip of the iceberg
By far and away the three most commonly played aggressive colours played in cube are mono red, mono white, and Boros, for which Figure is a perfect one drop and mana sink