In case you were somehow worried that Final Fantasy preview season was getting off to a slow start, Wizards decided to reveal all four of the sets new Commander decks earlier today
Very swiftly, this deck has shot up my mental rankings, settling in beside the Lord of the Rings Sauron Commander Deck (The Hosts of Mordor) and the Fallout Mothman Commander Deck (Mutant Menace) as one of my all-time favourite pre-cons
Having synergistic cards that can pull double duty and provide for multiple builds makes your cube greater than the sum of its parts
The only other creature with shadow in my cube can't block so this is basically unblockable which makes this as reliable as any other looting effect dork
Youre using public coupons or taking advantage of overstocks not clearing shelves and reselling for double
With Historic getting more and more attention and gaining in popularity, it was kind of inevitable Id end up writing about a strategy you can play in Historic that is dear to me after previously having a ton of experience and success with the Standard iteration of it: Mono-Blue Aggro