Poison the Waters ought to be an excellent sideboard card, and its probably good enough to make the main deck in more controlling black decks
In a deck that wants to play things from exile - of which there are many - these are just upgraded clue tokens, because they not only cost no mana, but also have so many synergies in Commander with cards like Laelia, the Blade Reforged, who gets stronger whenever you put cards into exile
Cycling isnt anything new, but the great cycling Commanders are very few
Unlike Crucible of Worlds or Ramunap Excavator, this can transition into a powerful late-game effect
Decklist Grixis Aristocrats Affinity by Johnny Cycles Format: Modern Creatures (16) Artifacts (15) Enchantments (4) Spells (7) Lands (18) 4 Darksteel Citadel 2 Drossforge Bridge 2 Island 2 Mistvault Bridge 2 Mountain 1 Otawara, Soaring City 3 Silverbluff Bridge 2 Swamp Sideboard (15) Deck Tech Primary Game Plan Despite having six different decks, our chief goal is the same
It also pings on cast of a Dragon spell, which means it fits really well into Dragons Approach decks
