Adding cards like Archangel of Thune or Well of Lost Dreams turns your extra life into counters, card draw, and scaling threats
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Problem solved: Ive stumbled on a gates deck that thematically ties gates to the commander, and a guiding theme to constrain deck-building so I dont get bored of the deck simply doing its thing and winning or not, and a win-condition that encourages play that assembles combinations of permanents over many turns, making this a deck that wants to play light-hearted, casual EDH
The standard versions (with the Black boxes), will be reprinted, but the much pricier Collectors Editions (with the white boxes) wont be
His second ability benefits further from this, growing Firkraag and drawing a card everything a goaded creature deals combat damage
The variety of the characters, who are much more vibrant than the dwarves from Snow White , along with unique support abilities make for a magical deck with so much opportunity