Hi everyone, I really want to get the lair working in a deck, but I just can't seem to. I am thinking it needs to be cast early, round one, or two at the latest. However, I can't get the investment of 15 mana to pay for itself.

I am seduced by the extra action but with only a channeling of 9 and the 2 from the lair it is hard to get a lot of use from it. To pay for itself I really need to capitalize on the extra action but I quickly run out of mana - even if I use my mage's main action aggressively and cast level one creatures. If I try to harmonize and/or mana flower I am finding aggressive mages on top of me before the engine begins to run.

I have tried using tanglevines and walls to slow my opponent but even still I don't seem to be any better off than if I had not cast the lair and just conjured a couple of mana flowers. I am currently at a loss on what to try next...