Now take those products you opened, and check, did you come across any of the most expensive commons or valuable basic lands
Lands (22) Spells (38) 2 Brainstorm 4 Counterspell 4 Force of Will 4 Accumulated Knowledge 1 Impulse 1 Capsize 3 Intuition 4 Merchant Scroll 4 Donate 4 Illusions of Grandeur 4 Sapphire Medallion 3 Fire Sideboard The combo of Donate + Illusions of Grandeur seemed over the top in those days, giving you a twenty life boost and saddling your opponent with a liability that would rapidly become unwieldy (and take twenty life points with it when they couldnt keep up)
The problem with spells like Fire is that you dont do anything against, say, a 3/3
Kastral, the Windcrested does a little more than that, allowing you to buff your birds or cheat one into play from your hand or graveyard
As a result of this, he and Alice sever ties with each other
Youll be looking either for a commander that cares about hitting your opponent like Anowon, the Ruin Thief, or something that makes it likely that youll get to hit the opponent with multiple creatures like Oona, Queen of the Fae
