Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant Putting Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant in the command zone and showing it to everyone upfront is kind of a bold statement
And with card advantage scarce outside blue at the time, Forbid succeeded as a pure control finisher and still does in Commander
We are talking, of course, about Shichifukujin Dragon, a card that was made as a one-off to commemorate the creation of the DCI Tournament Center in Japan
English version, not made in Japan
This not only gives you some effective and reliable disruption but has a great deal of synergy with your ramping to get a mana advantage
This is also the reason that people found out, to their dismay, that opening new packs and sending cards in that are in high supply already would not be worth nearly as much