Cox mentioned LotR again in the 2025 investor Q&A during the earnings call
Unlike traditional strategies, this deck intentionally loses the early game to build up extreme card advantage
You might also have seen it played with The Gitrog Monster , where its used to both tax opponents who want to draw cards and put cards into the graveyard to enable the decks convoluted combo lines
I think some of the way it taxes your opponents can be interesting, especially in a game of Commander with multiple players, but I feel like I don't think this card has legs in other formats, at all
This will let you turn a small threat into a big threat, or possibly a lethal threat if really gone crazy making artifact tokens
Skullclamp needs creatures rather than life to generate you cards and so is not as cheap, nor as reliable as many of the cards on this list