Magic The Gathering Starter Commander Deck Set (5 Decks)
(Swords or a blocker were other outs at that moment.) The second close call was when my starting hand had only Black Lotus as a mana source, with which I cast Ancestral Recall
Like Sol Ring did years before it, it fast became a firm auto-include in Commander decks, providing straightforward, no nonsense efficiency
Landcycling abilities are usually given to cards that have a high mana value
Mythic Rares were introduced in the Shards of Alara block in 2008, and have had a dramatic impact on the financial landscape of the game, draining value from the lower rarities in much the same way that Expeditions (Battle for Zendikar/Oath of the Gatewatch) and Masterpieces (Kaladesh) do to the expected value of booster packs in their respective sets
Theres an argument for putting the elves in this slot solely for having better creature types, but the mana fixing that Birds offers is incredibly powerful