Courtesy of Wizards of the Coast (WotC) and Sean “Day9” Plott, check out Simic’s newest mana accelerant from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths – Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy!
For only two mana, Kinnan is relatively easy to deploy and comes out ready to accelerate its controller’s mana!
Whenever you tap a nonland permanent for mana, add one mana of any type that permanent produced
This is an ability we’ve seen several variations of in recent sets, with cards like Nissa, Who Shakes the World and Leyline of Abundance. Casting Llanowar Elves or a similar mana accelerant on Turn 1 and following up with Kinnan on Turn 2 provides a can provide a healthy five mana on Turn 3 (assuming the land drops are there
5UG: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a non-Human creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Although seven mana seems like a lot, thanks to Kinnan’s static this ability can be activated as early as Turn 4 in Standard. It’s also worth noting that Kinnan doesn’t have to tap to activate, so drawing him late-game with enough mana allows the player to cast Kinnan and activate his ability immediately.