Imposter Mech Imposter Mech does most of that cool stuff I mentioned with Machine God's Effigy except for half the price
Arthur is an incredibly powerful card that allows you to earn lore with your weak questers like Lilo, Making a Wish and Pinnochio, Star Attraction, then bounce them back to your hand to keep them safe from challenges - while also rewarding you with two lore for doing it
If youre determined to avoid combat completely, you can run Glacial Chasm, though your opponents may not always appreciate it
Vandalblast is technically mass removal, but it warrants inclusion here based on flexibility
Summer Magic ended up failing to fix many of these issues or simply having additional issues that resulted in the set never being released , which is why this copy of Volcanic Island is so covetable, as some boxes of cards did end up in public hands