While there is some variance (super-low-curve aggressive decks might have slightly less, while decks built on ramping or other land synergies might have slightly more), probably 80% of all the Commander decks I build have 37 lands
No, instead, it's the Temporary Shift ability, which allows you to play the card for a reduced cost
It can also become a formidable attacker and lets us play our suspended spells at instant speed for an on-board trick
Two preconstructed decks that embody the duality of light and shadow, with new legendary commanders tied to Lorwyn or Shadowmoor
Definitely not ideal, but for the target demographic of the franchise, those odds were like catnip
In the unusual case where Unwilling Vessel has +1/+1 counters on it and then receives an amount of -1/-1 counters that causes it to die, use the total number of counters that were on Unwilling Vessel when it died, including all of the +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters, to determine the value of X