I did some digging and found a list Gavin Verhey used to Top 8 Regionals way back in 2006: "The Sizzetron" Creatures (5) 3 Simic Sky Swallower 2 Keiga, the Tide Star Spells (32) 2 Electrolyze 3 Repeal 4 Mana Leak 4 Remand 1 Demonfire 2 Pyroclasm 2 Tidings 3 Wildfire 4 Compulsive Research 3 Simic Signet 4 Izzet Signet Lands (23) 1 Island 3 Breeding Pool 3 Shivan Reef 4 Steam Vents 4 Urza's Mine 4 Urza's Power Plant 4 Urza's Tower Sideboard (15) 4 Pithing Needle 4 Imaginary Pet 4 Annex 1 Demonfire 2 Pyroclasm The list I played was a bit different, but you get the gist
Finally, the third argument made against Scholar tends to fall into an implicit bias that most Commander players have when it comes to deck building: theyre completely stacked with rares and mythics
For starters, it has two rares or mythic rares in each booster instead of the one you would normally find in a pack
It grows as more Humans enter the battlefield, which in turn lets you tap for extra mana
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up
Emerald And Steel Starter Deck As you can see from the above lead cards, "Kronk, Head of Security" and "Scar, Vengeful Lion" playing the Emerald and Steel Starter Deck isn't necessarily cheap
