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Granted, so are my usual Commander deck techs, but since there are so few silver-bordered Commander articles, I have a better clutch on the content creation here

Most of the danger comes from the computer putting out quick aggressive threats before you've got counterspells online

This is probably the most underplayed card that originates from a Commander product

But the surveil goes on to set up the Future Sight effect, which lets you filter expensive spells off the top of your library

Delaying your opponent but not actually doing anything with the time you gain by doing so is a recipe for disaster and Elite Spellbinder does a great job of avoiding this pitfall

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