Against tougher opponents use Spells, Traps, Synchro, Xyz, and Link Summons
This is due to the draw effect at the end of the text
The casualty ability is nice, but ultimately cards like this are too expensive for how little they accomplish when not used as a combo piece
Metamorphosis Fanatic | Illustration by Andreas Zafiratos Im defining black creatures as creature cards with a mono-black color identity
Shimmer Dragon EDH | Commander | Stephen Johnson Commander (1) 1 Shimmer Dragon Creatures (30) 1 Broodstar 1 Shimmer Dragon 1 Treasure Mage 1 Vedalken Archmage 1 Vedalken Humiliator 1 Alloy Myr 1 Brass Squire 1 Burnished Hart 1 Etherium Sculptor 1 Foundry Inspector 1 Hovermyr 1 Karn, Silver Golem 1 Kuldotha Forgemaster 1 Metalwork Colossus 1 Myr Battlesphere 1 Myr Enforcer 1 Myr Galvanizer 1 Myr Propagator 1 Myr Retriever 1 Myr Welder 1 Palladium Myr 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation 1 Phyrexian Metamorph 1 Pilgrim's Eye 1 Platinum Angel 1 Shimmer Myr 1 Silver Myr 1 Solemn Simulacrum 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer 1 Walking Atlas Instants (8) 1 Aetherize 1 Aetherspouts 1 Counterspell 1 Flusterstorm 1 Rapid Hybridization 1 Stoic Rebuttal 1 Swan Song 1 Whir of Invention Sorceries (1) 1 Fabricate Enchantments (2) 1 Frogify 1 Rhystic Study Artifacts (24) 1 Arcane Signet 1 Blinkmoth Urn 1 Crawlspace 1 Darksteel Forge 1 Darksteel Plate 1 Extraplanar Lens 1 Fellwar Stone 1 Fireshrieker 1 Genesis Chamber 1 Mind Stone 1 Myr Incubator 1 Myr Turbine 1 Ring of Three Wishes 1 Sol Ring 1 Spectral Searchlight 1 Sword of the Animist 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Trailblazer's Boots 1 Unwinding Clock 1 Whispersilk Cloak 1 Blackblade Reforged 1 Hammer of Nazahn 1 Shadowspear 1 The Immortal Sun If you wanted to run this list as a regular Commander deck, you might swap out Shimmer Dragon for Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Alongside Abrade and Fatal Push, it could fill up your removal suite nicely
