mtg cards like cyclonic rift Strategic use of in Magic: The Gathering The Gathering Cyclonic Rift Price & Card

However, any creatures that it was blocking are still considered blocked

Creatures get tapped when they attack, but not when they defend, and a tapped creature cannot be used to defend in turn

Youll have most likely cast all your creatures before getting to that point, so the triggered ability wont do anything

It can deal with problem cards out of graveyards (Arclight Phoenix, Kroxa, and Storm the Festival), generate late game value, and gain life

Lucius the Eternal is probably not the best as a commander, since his natural ability to return to the battlefield undermines one of the bonuses given to players by the Commander format (the ability to return their commander to the command zone)

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