That being said, you might want to try some of these guidelines: If you enjoy controlling your opponents board and removing your opponents characters from play, the favourite cards are likely to be found in Ruby or Steel If you enjoy getting a lot of ink and resources, your best bet is Amethyst or Sapphire If you hate losing your characters or want to build your game plan around keeping specific characters in play, Amber or Sapphire will help you to do that
However, we are taking each card at face value and assessing how impactful we expect it to be based on mana cost, abilities, and power/toughness
Exert is not an instant and must be declared at the same time the creature is declared an attacker, not when blockers are declared or damage is being dealt
I have created a Youtube channel of videos that is dedicated to those three genres, and specially to older, forgotten treasures of the genres
The counter doesnt reset so that the sixth, ninth, and twelfth cards trigger your abilities
Thats only if your commander is a 0/0, though