In fact, it was so good in the latter format that it was eventually honored with the banhammer
The archetype's stock list was piloted by ScreenwriterNY to a 3rd-place finish at a recent Magic Online Challenge
We were a little worried about this MTG commander deck, after Mark Rosewater hinted that it wasn't Eldrazi tribal, and after the Sliver deck had such a lacklustre mana base
Its core strategy revolves around accelerating mana production, controlling the board with powerful threats, and using recursion effects to keep pressure on opponents
Its worth keeping an eye on all of these cheap Equipment cards since we know the set has a bit of an Equipment theme, but this one is pretty unexciting
One game I tried to be extra conservative with my cards in order to avoid this problem, but by not playing many cards early on, my opponent was able to quest without consequence and gain a huge early lead