The potent combination of first strike and deathtouch also leads me to wonder how Lure effects might factor into the deck
He can predict storms years before they arrive and can also control the weather around him, but he prefers to let nature take its course while he observes and learns
Sometimes you can bait out a removal spell when you play your most key creature after other creatures put on pressure and draw out their removal spell
Witnessing the raw excitement, the palpable history in those moments, ignited something in me
As a commander, hes a powerhouse, and in the 99, he generates enough value to be useful, but not a major target
This might some counterintuitive at first glance since your opponents will hopefully be sending all their deceased friends to your battlefield as Treasure instead of to their own graveyard, but whats nice here is you can sacrifice all your petrified critters to pay Rises considerable mana cost, then bring them back under your control, generating ETB triggers all over again while giving you an army to swing with next turn
