These, along with the leaves maybe being bugs, and a jungle theme could provide evidence
Then for the next two turns, like most lifelink fliers would, Phoenix dominates the board and makes it almost impossible for you to lose a damage race, before it floods the board with creatures and gets ready to transform again
Biotech Specialist sees you sacrifice food and turns it into damage, and Elegy Acolyte cares that a food left the battlefield and creates a robot token
Notably, opponents can't try to remove the exploring creature after you reveal a nonland card but before it receives a counter
Madam Mim Fox (Confirmed card from the back, fits alphabetically) Madam Mim Snake
With Salvation Swan, you can save creatures from dying by removing them from combat during the damage step