Super-Adaptoid Super-Adaptoid makes me think of Crystalline Giant where it gains cool abilities through combat
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle
This sorcery continued in the modern age, through Shadow Games, Millenium Items, and the Egyptian God Cards, and other enchanted cards to name a few methods
We're well and truly in "great out of the box" territory now, and Silverquill Influence requires no upgrades to be a fun, competitive deck at your local game night
You can also trigger it on your own with spells such as Path to Exile or Winds of Abandon, even though it only gets one land per turn
It wont be a mega-powerful attacker, but it can hold its own if you can get it out quick with a Houndour to evolve from