(Since the Paradox Engine got banned, I'm using Intruder Alarm instead.) Actually with Basal Sliver + one mana generation sliver + haste I don't even need to reduce the cost of Sliver Queen *oversized* ability
In the case of Wobbuffet, we have two ways around it
How Cumulative Upkeep works is that during your upkeep, you place an "age counter" on the card and then pay the Cumulative Upkeep cost for each age counter on the card
The third way to take the initiative is if the player who currently has the initiative leaves the game
Fortunately, blacks section of the color pie does have some stellar nonbasic lands to help cover for that, but thats a conversation for another article
Anytime you cast a historic spell, you get to copy it, with the copy losing its legendary status