mtg mind flayers commander deck Flayarrrs Upgrade Guide or Spanish Mind Flayer | Commander Legends:

With this ability, you can constantly hoard your best cards to improve and protect your board as well as pin consistent aggression on your foes each turn

You may cast the copy by paying rather than paying its mana cost." Spirit of the Whalaqee Equip Equipped creature gets +0/+2, is a Wizard in addition to its other types, and has "Whenever this creature attacks, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from defending player's graveyard

The first part of the card may only cost two mana to play, but the second half costs five mana

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That single text difference turned this card from just okay to one of the best cards you could play in land-based Commander decks

In a format where words like redundancy or synergy get thrown around a lot, its quite weird that this one isnt on people's minds when building for hand knowledge