mtg control commander deck Magic: The Gathering 2022 Challenger – Dimir (Blue-Black) : Toys & Games With a 100 Control | EDHREC

The gates give you ways to control the board, namely Gates Ablaze to keep the board under wraps and Guild Summit to help tear through your deck, which is critical to help you chain Nexus of Fates

Anytime a source of yours deals noncombat damage to an opponent, you get to draw that many cards

Instead, I want to give Bolt Bend the dues it deserves

Card draw and +1/+1 counters are other common rewards, as seen with Well of Lost Dreams and Heliod, Sun-Crowned, one of the best mono-white commanders

Some also need to be banished by being put in your discard pile for them to work

When I read the card, I initially thought that it had to be an instant or sorcery