If Vitality Salve is still on the battlefield, it can then be controlled, destroyed, stolen, Unsummoned, or just ignored
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle
Fast forward a couple of years, and we have the SEGA-made Magic: The Gathering game for Dreamcast
His first attack, Impersonate , lets you search your deck for a Supporter card and use the Supporter cards effect as the attack
You have decent control your value of X for mass reanimation, but even if you return two permanents, that's really good value out of this average ramp spell
Disguising Bonebrute skips the whole dilemma, and in Commander you can just give the Dogs to someone you don't even intend to attack