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If the Jeskai route makes the most sense, a 1/1 that should immediately gain you life, and be expendable at the same time fits nicely is a battalion setting

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Start from the 100-card total, subtract your single commander, then fill the 99 using the ratio above: lands first (36-38), then the ramp, draw, and removal cores (roughly 10/9/9), then 7-10 win conditions, and the rest as synergy and flex slots

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Basilisk Collar and Quietus Spike are in the 99 Walking Ballista would be alright

All his creature forms have been too convoluted or pricey to merit cube attention however his planeswalker forms have been far more impressive