Mana Value 5 and Beyond More expensive green ramp cards can offer even more of a mana advantage, but these cards usually only see play in decks that are truly gluttonous for mana
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Another nice thing is that the commander itself cant be countered
Surprise double strike is one of my favorite effects right now, having single-handedly (ahem) sung the praises of Two-Handed Axe
Some of the sorceries from the Face the Hydra deck might also work, as long as your group is willing to interpret the word Heads as creatures and think of the Chaos Deck as being the Hydra. For example, Unified Lunge would read, Unified Lunge deals X damage to each player, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield. And Disorienting Glower could be interpreted as, Players cant cast spells until the next time a Chaos Deck card is played . Similarly, you could include some of the sorceries from the Battle the Horde deck by swapping out the word Minotaur for creature. Consuming Rage would then read, Whenever a creature attacks this turn, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn
