My favorite exploration of those themes is in Norse culture
And, without some substitutions, the starter deck can't stand alone against competitive custom decks either
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Also they don't have any evasion or any kind of ninjitsu or anything, they're just vanilla 2/1s which is kind of meh to me
Anti-graveyard cards are more or less essential to Commander these days to slow down reanimation and combo decks like Revival Trance
It can helm a Commander deck, it has to be exiled or dealt with in a way that doesnt kill it to get rid of it, it has card advantage built in via combat, and even has llamas in the art