Building The Deck Zack Fairs ability to pass on counters is limited by the fact that he has to die to do so, and a single +1/+1 counter isnt valuable enough to deal with the growing commander tax as you loop casting and sacrificing him
Tome of Legends Slow draw engine that requires attacking
Part of the reason is just the sheer amount of excellent art in the set, which the publisher says contains the largest collection of Final Fantasy artwork ever in a single game. But another big reason are the goofs, which are deeply embedded into the mechanics of the popular trading card game
This helps white-black feel more like a synergistic midrange deck instead of a clunky combo deck that you might not even be able to draft all the pieces for
2 Exhume Returning to cards legal in Legacy and Vintage only, Exhume is one half of the most faithful reanimation deck in existence, which is aptly named "Reanimator"
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Commander drops another suite of excellent cards on us, continuing the impressive work done on the main set
