<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Shadowbane" href="#" target="_blank">Shadowbane</a> | Art by <a href="https://douglasshuler.com/">Douglas Shuler</a>)</h6>
<h1>Introduction</h1>
Welcome to Dual Shot, where we brew two decks at the same time... in one deck! This typically leaves us with a marriage of themes, sometimes in a neat 80/20 balance, other times in a mess of abstraction, a melding of approaches. Half one way, half the other, with a bridge between.
This time, two partitions will display a unity of focus, but to the exclusion of their peripheral awarenesses. They are alike in purpose, but they are not like-minded, even if they share the same headspace. Although sometimes, if your Voltron commander works, there won't be much left in the way of headspace, not with Zurgo Helmsmasher at the, uh, helm.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Zurgo Helmsmasher"></div></div>
(Check the archives! Have we made that joke before? If not, originality! If so, continuity!)
This edition of Dual Shot brings us another combat-centric deck. I know, be patient, I'm sure there'll be a <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/wheels">Wheel</a> deck inside a <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/stax">Stax</a> deck, or a <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/rat-colony">Rat Colony</a> deck inside a <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/persistent-petitioners">Persistent Petitioners</a> deck inside a <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/shadowborn-apostles">Shadowborn Apostle</a> deck someday.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rat Colony"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Persistent Petitioners"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Shadowborn Apostle"></div></div>
(Oh, write those down!)
But no, for now the duality is a subtle one, one scarcely aware of its own schism, obvious and opaque at once. In one sphere sits the straightforward, the outward, the brash, even the honorable. In the other hides the meandering, the muttering, the surreptitious, the anxious. Day and night aren't so different; they merely color the sky. The sky's purpose is still there.
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Shadow of Zurgo" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Zurgo Helmsmasher
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Adriana, Captain of the Guard
*1 Agent of Stromgald
*1 Augur il-Vec
*1 Azra Oddsmaker
*1 Dauthi Cutthroat
*1 Dauthi Ghoul
*1 Dauthi Jackal
*1 Dauthi Mercenary
*1 Dauthi Mindripper
*1 Dauthi Trapper
*1 Dauthi Warlord
*1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
*1 Port Razer
*1 Soltari Champion
*1 Soltari Crusader
*1 Soltari Foot Soldier
*1 Soltari Guerrillas
*1 Soltari Monk
*1 Soltari Priest
*1 Soltari Trooper
*1 Soltari Visionary
*1 Spirit en-Dal
*1 Stronghold Overseer
*1 Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner
*1 Throat Slitter
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Akroma&#039;s Will
*1 Boros Charm
*1 Dark Ritual
*1 Despark
*1 Howl from Beyond
*1 Leave // Chance
*1 Savage Beating
*1 Seething Song
*1 Stir the Pride
*1 Swords to Plowshares
*1 Temur Battle Rage
*1 Terminate
*1 Wear // Tear
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Bond of Discipline
*1 Dusk // Dawn
*1 Insult // Injury
*1 Read the Bones
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Boros Signet
*1 Commander&#039;s Sphere
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Mask of Memory
*1 Mind Stone
*1 Orzhov Signet
*1 Rakdos Locket
*1 Rakdos Signet
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Swiftfoot Boots
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Aggravated Assault
*1 Cavalcade of Calamity
*1 Curse of Stalked Prey
*1 Dauthi Embrace
*1 Latulla&#039;s Orders
*1 Rage Reflection
*1 Raid Bombardment
*1 Sphere of Safety
*1 Unspeakable Symbol
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Barren Moor
*1 Battlefield Forge
*1 Bloodfell Caves
*1 Bojuka Bog
*1 Castle Ardenvale
*1 Caves of Koilos
*1 Command Tower
*1 Concealed Courtyard
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Forgotten Cave
*1 Isolated Chapel
*4 Mountain
*1 Nomad Outpost
*1 Opal Palace
*1 Path of Ancestry
*5 Plains
*1 Rogue&#039;s Passage
*1 Rupture Spire
*1 Sacred Foundry
*1 Savai Triome
*1 Scoured Barrens
*1 Secluded Steppe
*1 Smoldering Marsh
*5 Swamp
*1 Temple of Malice
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
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<h2>Reconciling</h2>
Our general wants to smash. His army isn't even on the same battlefield. Reducing it down, this is a win-by-commander-damage deck atop a wide, evasive combat deck. To each end, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rage Reflection" href="#" target="_blank">Rage Reflection</a>, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Savage Beating" href="#" target="_blank">Savage Beating</a>, and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Insult // Injury" href="#" target="_blank">Insult // Injury</a> seem to act as the only channel of communication and compromise. Otherwise, we'll be fighting two different wars. Self and shadow. Conscious and unconscious. Ego and id. Digestible and euphuistic. Dictionary and thesaurus. Something and... someplace.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rage Reflection"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Savage Beating"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Insult // Injury"></div></div>
Anyway, tangled among all the cards that exist in one camp here (e.g., <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Howl from Beyond" href="#" target="_blank">Howl from Beyond</a> is really only going to benefit your commander, while <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Stir the Pride" href="#" target="_blank">Stir the Pride</a> only exhibits its utility when the shadows are long), there are two tenuous, brittle bridges: <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dauthi Embrace" href="#" target="_blank">Dauthi Embrace</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dauthi Trapper" href="#" target="_blank">Dauthi Trapper</a>.
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This deck's raison d'être. With these, Zurgo can give into his Shadow archetype, his buried truth. He is no true Khan of the Mardu Horde, not in the sense of acquiescence to the weight of culture, of honorable battle, of vendettas and oaths and ambition. All of that is in service to the chase of the bloodbath. An otherwordly stab in the back will meet that requirement just as well as crossed swords.
But there is a danger in giving in to the dark. With an army stuck in the shadow, you'll enjoy your evasiveness, sure, but in doing so, each of your opponents are guaranteed the same. You cannot block. And like our psychic shadow, if pressured into a defensive posture, it is a perverted one. Paranoia, carelessness, irrationality. You know, the "always be attacking" type of Jungian psychology. That isn't to say this deck can't work, only that, unlike typical Dual Shot fare, the pivot presented here is rather more like shifting our weight from a fixed stance. Here, despite our brazenness, our brashness, our bravado - our brutality - we do not adapt, we submit.
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<h2>Conclusion</h2>
This is a deck at odds with itself. Running <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Raid Bombardment" href="#" target="_blank">Raid Bombardment</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cavalcade of Calamity" href="#" target="_blank">Cavalcade of Calamity</a> is terribly risky, since while we do prioritize effects that grant double strike, rather than simply buffing our power, these do seem like the first cuts to make. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar" href="#" target="_blank">Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar</a> feels like the all-star here, definitely going a long way toward making this list seem fun and not frustrating. But that aggravating antipode is at the very heart of this deck - something honest and something askance. This brew does a good job of illustrating an early glimpse into the goals of Magic. You want to win by dealing damage to your opponents, so dealing unavoidable damage quickly seems like the clearest path to victory. But then caveats begin to pile up, lines of play become visible only after you've closed them off, and someone played <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Stasis" href="#" target="_blank">Stasis</a> and somehow there's an <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Elspeth, Knight-Errant" href="#" target="_blank">Elspeth, Knight-Errant</a> that's going to ult and there's nothing you can do about it.
Often, this excavates a salt mine - at first. But it's that same circuity that keeps us coming back, reliving plays in our heads, sharing jank with friends, and turning grim metaphors into decklists at the insistence of the plague-madness.
That's it for this episode! Check out <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/author/trent-trombley/">Trent Trombley</a>'s <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/evasive-maneuvers-shadow/">Evasive Maneuvers - Shadow</a> for more insight into this tech! <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dauthi Embrace" href="#" target="_blank">Dauthi Embrace</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dauthi Trapper" href="#" target="_blank">Dauthi Trapper</a> see a &lt; 1% inclusion rate on EDHREC, and Shadow, in general, is an underappreciated mechanic; it seems that people's enthusiasm for the keyword dwindles once they realize that it means they can't block. But to hell with blocking, I say! Zurgo, smash!
Let us know in the comments below when "always be attacking" worked for you. Or, perhaps more interestingly, tell us about a moment you had in your Commander career when you realized that this game had more going on underneath the hood that you'd first thought. Anyway, stay safe and stay sane. Till next edition.
Try to stay safe and sane after next edition, too.

Dual Shot - Shadow Aspect

Deep Analysis - Aristocrats

<h1>Gone Fishing</h1>
Hi, EDHREC friends! Please excuse this interruption from the regular Challenge the Stats article series for something completely different. Some of you may have noticed that I had an odd poll at the end of my last article asking how people playtest their decks. From almost 1,000 responses, over 80% of Commander players "goldfish" their decks in some way. If you're in that 80%, this article is for you.
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I playtest, or "goldfish", my Commander decks pretty often. I find it meditative to zone out and flip over my colorful pieces of cardboard. I do this to make sure that my decks run smoothly and also get better at piloting them, so when I'm in-game I can focus more on having fun and less on planning my lines of play. I usually play decks by themselves, either in paper or using a deckbuilding website's "playtest" feature.
However, this doesn't provide us with the challenges we'd see in a real game, and once I get my deck's engine going, I usually get bored and shuffle up. I could battle two or more decks against each other (about 18% of poll responders do this), but that seems like too much of a hassle to me. So, I started developing a playtesting format that would let me play decks by themselves while providing some interaction and keeping my interest through a whole simulation until I win or lose.
The idea is simple: we use a D20 to represent actions made by our opponents. Each side of the D20 represents a spell or action that our opponents take. Most of them are bad, but not all of them may affect our current board state. For example, if we roll a 3, which represents a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vandalblast" href="#" target="_blank">Vandalblast</a>, we might get off easy if we have few or no artifacts. This method can be used either in paper or alongside a deckbuilding website's playtesting feature.
Why is this helpful? It’s easy for our deck to do well with no interaction. Adding some challenge tells us how our deck works when disrupted. Also, adding the stakes of winning or losing helps us remember triggers and sequence plays correctly.
Let's check out the rules.
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<h1>Welcome to the Thunderbowl</h1>
You and one "opponent" each start at 40 life. You can deal damage to your "opponent" through combat or spells, and they can cast disruptive spells or deal damage to you on their turn. If your opponent's life total hits 0 while you still have a positive life total, you win; otherwise, you lose.
What you need
<ul>
<li>Dice (at least one D20, or <a href="https://rolladie.net/roll-a-d20-die">this website</a>)</li>
<li>A way to keep track of our health and one “opponent’s” health (dice, paper, or phone app)</li>
<li>100 cards</li>
<li>Can-do attitude</li>
</ul>
Opponent’s Turn: Roll a D20
1-8 is counterable
1  Destroy all nonland permanents - <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Planar Cleansing" href="#" target="_blank">Planar Cleansing</a>
2 Destroy all creatures - <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Day of Judgment" href="#" target="_blank">Day of Judgment</a>
3 Destroy all artifacts - <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vandalblast" href="#" target="_blank">Vandalblast</a>
4 Destroy all enchantments - <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tempest of Light" href="#" target="_blank">Tempest of Light</a>
5 Sacrifice highest-power creature and take 2 damage - <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Crackling Doom" href="#" target="_blank">Crackling Doom</a>
6 Return each commander to command zone - <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Leadership Vacuum" href="#" target="_blank">Leadership Vacuum</a>
7 Destroy single best artifact (you choose, honor system) - <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Abrade" href="#" target="_blank">Abrade</a>
8  Destroy single best enchantment (you choose, honor system) - <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Esper Charm" href="#" target="_blank">Esper Charm</a>
9-20 is uncounterable, but may be prevented
9 If you control four or more lands, destroy single best non-basic land (you choose, honor system) – <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tectonic Edge" href="#" target="_blank">Tectonic Edge</a>
10 Take 10 damage - Attacked by an unblockable 10/10, (may be prevented with a removal spell, fog, prevent damage, etc.)
11  Take 1 direct damage
12 Take 2 direct damage
13 Take 3 direct damage
14  Take 4 direct damage
15 Take 5 direct damage
16  Take 6 direct damage
17 Take 7 direct damage
18 Take 8 direct damage
19  Exile all graveyards – <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Scavenger Grounds" href="#" target="_blank">Scavenger Grounds</a>
20 Draw a card - <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Temple Bell" href="#" target="_blank">Temple Bell</a>
**If you control a planeswalker, roll an additional D20 for each one to see if it gets attacked. On a 1-10, it gets attacked by one unblockable creature with a D6 worth of power and toughness.
Your Turn
Roll a D20 for each non-evasive creature that attacks; the number indicates the result:
1-2 Opponent responds! Destroy target attacking creature
3-10 Creature does not deal combat damage
11-19 Creature deals combat damage
20  Critical hit! Creature gains double-strike until end of turn
For each evasive creature that attacks (flying, trample, skulk, etc. are all treated the same):
1-2 Opponent responds! Destroy target attacking creature
3-6 Creature does not deal combat damage unless it is unblockable (such as <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blighted Agent" href="#" target="_blank">Blighted Agent</a>)
7-19 Creature deals combat damage
20 Critical hit! Creature gains double-strike until end of turn
Optional:
At various points in the game when you cast a spell, roll a D20; number indicates result:
CMC 4 or less: Spell resolves
CMC 5 to 6: 30% chance of counter (1-6 on a D20)
CMC 7+: 50% chance of counter (1-10 on a D20)
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<h2>A Few Caveats</h2>
<ul>
<li>The first is that Thunderbowl may need to be modified to fit your playgroup's style. Maybe your playgroup doesn't run interaction at all, or maybe they run way more interaction. That's also why counterspells are optional. If Thunderbowl doesn't feel like what you normally encounter in a game, try substituting different spells on the D20 for your opponent's turn, or roll two D20s to crank up the difficulty!</li>
<li>Thunderbowl can apply to the majority of decks; however, some decks, such as <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/forced-combat">forced combat,</a> <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/politics">politics,</a> and <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/clones">clones</a> decks, must rely on opponents for their strategy. Thunderbowl might not be the best way to playtest these decks (or might be an extra challenge).</li>
<li>The last caveat is that we need a little bit of flexibility. Each situation is different. Set yourself reasonable odds for unplanned situations that come up. For example, for <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Anowon, the Ruin Thief" href="#" target="_blank">Anowon, the Ruin Thief</a>, assume each card you mill is a 30% chance to hit a creature, so roll one D20 for each damage dealt, and draw a card when you roll a 15 or higher.</li>
</ul>
For convenience, here's a link to the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hhtu2dZwfX0hWwK2dfB8hCzwiBn0VXno1ZQvn6mafik/edit?usp=sharing">Thunderbowl rules</a> on a one-page printer-friendly doc.
If you're interested in helping develop Thunderbowl, you can join this <a href="https://discord.gg/SHWzrMsUAt">Thunderbowl Discord server</a>, you can comment below, or you can find me on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jevin_mtg">@jevin_mtg</a>.
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I'll leave you with some Thunderbowl fan-fiction, from its only fan as of now: me.
<blockquote>The wizard entered the stone chamber. It was a dark, cavernous room with rough-hewn walls. In the center was a jagged black crystal on a wide pedestal. It cast a low light that barely reached the walls, but when the wizard touched the crystal, it burned bright and hot for a moment. With a crack, the room expanded outwards in every direction. The walls and ceiling were suddenly hundreds of feet away from the wizard, now shining with light from the crystal. The crystal burned intensely, and snakes of lightning blazed across its menacing surface that now spanned fifty paces across.
The crystal wasn’t exactly like the others that the wizard had defended themselves against, but it offered enough resistance to be a challenge, to allow the wizard to flex their skills and weave mana in a way that resembled a real battle. If the wizard attacked, the crystal would shudder and generate phantoms to block. If the wizard cast a spell, the crystal would lash out and attempt to counter the magic. And the crystal would sporadically spasm violently, wiping out the wizard’s army or sending a lightning bolt directly into the wizard’s chest.
When the wizard was done, the chamber and the crystal returned to their original size, leaving the wizard bruised, exhausted, and stronger.</blockquote>

Challenge Your Playtesting – Welcome to the Thunderbowl

Ranking Every Planeswalker with EDHREC – Part 13: Your Life Would Be Better As a Dragon

Too-Specific Top 10 - Mighty Morphin Time!

Ultra Budget Brews - Dargo and Keskit

Conditions Allow - Kaho, Minamo Historian

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lightning Greaves" href="#" target="_blank">Lightning Greaves</a> | Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/crutz">Rudy Siswanto</a>)</h6>
"The boots demonstrated many strange magical properties, but the most remarkable was their ability to withstand Westley’s ferocious chewing."
<h1>Walk a Mile in These Louboutins...</h1>
So just last week, the most frustrating thing happened. I had just gotten out of bed, and I was feeling <a href="https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Summoning_sickness">a little nauseous</a> after staying up all night eating my quarantine diet of pretzels and popcorn. I still had errands to run, though: in just a few minutes, I had to run down to the school library and pick up my textbooks for the new quarter. I only had one thing to turn to: my trusty <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lightning Greaves" href="#" target="_blank">Lightning Greaves</a>. With these, I could dash to the school on time, and because they're so absolutely glamorous, I could avoid all of the targeted insults thrown at me! (Apparently, it's "not professional" to show up to events in plate mail armor. Ugh. Posers, am I right?)
So, I open up my closet door, and, lo and behold, Westley's sitting there, chewing the @#$% out of my precious <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lightning Greaves" href="#" target="_blank">Lightning Greaves</a>! I wrestled them from his mouth as soon as I could and wiped the dog slobber off the glistening metal with a towel. The thought of putting them on before sanitizing them brought a grimace to my face, but I was on the clock, so I threw them on as quickly as possible.
Finally, I was able to head out the door and began trudging my way towards campus, already in a sour mood. But as soon as I stepped onto the campus, that jerk from the <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tower of the Magistrate" href="#" target="_blank">Tower of the Magistrate</a> tells me that wearing greaves is "against the dress code". He must've heard about me showing up to class in plate mail armor the other day.
Luckily, I managed to make it to the library on time to pick up my textbooks and get the paperwork sorted out. But at what cost? What will my backup plan be? How could I live without my Lightning Greaves?
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lightning Greaves"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Swiftfoot Boots"></div></div>
<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lightning Greaves" href="#" target="_blank">Lightning Greaves</a> and their little sibling <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Swiftfoot Boots" href="#" target="_blank">Swiftfoot Boots</a> are in 28% and 25% of eligible decks on EDHREC, respectively, making them the most popular colorless cards behind the mythical <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sol Ring" href="#" target="_blank">Sol Ring</a>. They are so popular that they set the standard for haste-enablers and protection pieces across the format; even <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Whispersilk Cloak" href="#" target="_blank">Whispersilk Cloak</a>, a very fine piece of protection for many decks, pales in comparison to these cards.
But as powerful as they may be, they aren't without fault: <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lightning Greaves" href="#" target="_blank">Lightning Greaves</a>, especially, suffers from the "Shroud" ability. Shroud prevents any spells or abilities from targeting the permanent that has it, which spells a lot of trouble for <a href="https://edhwiki.com/wiki/Voltron">Voltron</a> decks that look to suit up one creature with as many Auras and Equipment as possible. They also find themselves victim to a lot of removal (or that pesky <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tower of the Magistrate" href="#" target="_blank">Tower of the Magistrate</a>), as your opponents try to avoid letting those boots walk all over them. For these reasons, the Greaves might not be the best inclusion, or perhaps you might want to run (heh) additional pieces alongside them.
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<h1>Additional Baubles</h1>
Giving this duo the Staple Remover treatment presents us with a few unique challenges. First off, they're colorless, which makes it a little more difficult to adhere to one color when offering alternatives. They also both fill two niches, as haste-enablers and as protection, so that's two categories to cover. Because of this, we'll be looking at cards that fill either of those niches in a variety of colors, so that hopefully you're able to find some redundancy in the colors you're running.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Crashing Drawbridge"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Instill Energy"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Footfall Crater"></div></div>
As we all know from the gospel of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Samut, Voice of Dissent" href="#" target="_blank">Samut, Voice of Dissent</a>, the number one key to winning is <a href="https://youtu.be/_wJT_FigIPo?t=2571">blinding speeeeeeed</a>! So if you're wise, and desire some extra speed, you'd do pretty darn well with <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Crashing Drawbridge" href="#" target="_blank">Crashing Drawbridge</a>. This unassuming little common from Throne of Eldraine is quite possibly one of the best ways to grant haste to your entire team. Many people's go-to card for this effect is <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Concordant Crossroads" href="#" target="_blank">Concordant Crossroads</a>, or perhaps <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fires of Yavimaya" href="#" target="_blank">Fires of Yavimaya</a>, but <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Crashing Drawbridge" href="#" target="_blank">Crashing Drawbridge</a> manages to combine the efficiency of those two cards while still acting as a blocker, and, most importantly, being able to fit in any deck regardless of color or budget.
But sometimes, you don't need to make your entire team speedy; just one creature will do, and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Instill Energy" href="#" target="_blank">Instill Energy</a>, a funny little enchantment that hasn't been reprinted in 20 years, will do just that. One mana to allow your creature to attack a turn early is pretty mana-efficient, but we're not here for <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Expedite" href="#" target="_blank">Expedite</a>, are we? Luckily for us, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Instill Energy" href="#" target="_blank">Instill Energy</a> allows us to untap that hasty creature once a turn cycle for no cost. At its worst, this is a pseudo-vigilance effect, but at its best, this card could be drawing you three extra cards off of an <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Arcanis, the Omnipotent" href="#" target="_blank">Arcanis, the Omnipotent</a>....
Speaking of one-mana enchantments, we have a fairly new one to add to the roster of exceptional haste-enablers. Before Companion ravaged every competitive Magic: the Gathering format, many people were singing the high praises of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Footfall Crater" href="#" target="_blank">Footfall Crater</a>, and those praises aren't any less valid today. Just one mana to be able to repeatedly give one creature haste and evasion is a phenomenal effect, and one that quite a few decks could easily run away with. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Prossh, Skyraider of Kher" href="#" target="_blank">Prossh, Skyraider of Kher</a> is especially fond of this one!
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Kaya&#039;s Ghostform"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Giver of Runes"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Vanishing"></div></div>
Speaking of powerful commons from recent sets (shhhh, War of the Spark was recent, don't make me feel old), <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kaya&#039;s Ghostform" href="#" target="_blank">Kaya&#039;s Ghostform</a> is a phenomenal protection piece that costs just one mana. It essentially enchants one creature or planeswalker and gives it Undying except without the +1/+1 counter. If your commander is a planeswalker, such as <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Aminatou, the Fateshifter" href="#" target="_blank">Aminatou, the Fateshifter</a> or <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lord Windgrace" href="#" target="_blank">Lord Windgrace</a>, then you'll notice that a pair of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lightning Greaves" href="#" target="_blank">Lightning Greaves</a> won't quite fit your commander's feet. Where the Greaves falter, though, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kaya&#039;s Ghostform" href="#" target="_blank">Kaya&#039;s Ghostform</a> excels, allowing you to re-trigger ETB abilities, re-activate your newly-reanimated planeswalkers, and <a href="https://edhrec.com/combos/kayas-ghostform">even combo off</a> for a late-game win.
Another sweet little protection piece can be found in Modern Horizons with <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Giver of Runes" href="#" target="_blank">Giver of Runes</a>, and their trusty mom, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mother of Runes" href="#" target="_blank">Mother of Runes</a>. These two cards are among the best 1-drops in the whole format, allowing you to protect any one of your creatures from harm. They have no amount of versatility to them, even allowing you to use their abilities as evasion in a pinch. Although they don't do too great in the face of most board wipes, they'll surely protect your creatures from harm should your opponents become too threatened by them.
Finally, we have my personal favorite protection piece: <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vanishing" href="#" target="_blank">Vanishing</a>. As <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Teferi&#039;s Protection" href="#" target="_blank">Teferi&#039;s Protection</a> has taught us, there aren't really any better ways to protect your permanents than by simply phasing them out. Although <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vanishing" href="#" target="_blank">Vanishing</a> does require a bit of extra mana, it will protect the creature it is enchanting and itself from any threat, be it targeted removal, a board wipe, a combat step gone wrong, etc. Any deck that relies on its commander and has the mana to spare, like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rashmi, Eternities Crafter" href="#" target="_blank">Rashmi, Eternities Crafter</a>, becomes nigh-unstoppable with this card. Another honorable mention that's comparable to <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vanishing" href="#" target="_blank">Vanishing</a> is <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Teferi&#039;s Veil" href="#" target="_blank">Teferi&#039;s Veil</a>, a version of it for go-wide combat-based decks.
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<h1>Speed Incarnate</h1>
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<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Anger" href="#" target="_blank">Anger</a> | Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/velinov">Svetlin Velinov</a>)</h6>
With such a diverse array of protection pieces and haste-enablers across all five colors of the Pie, it's really hard to pick just one or two to showcase and slot in any given deck, especially given how essential they are to so many decks. If you look closely, the decks that I build will usually feature some sort of protections and/or haste-enablers, many of which are on this list. Today, I'd like to showcase <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ghired, Conclave Exile" href="#" target="_blank">Ghired, Conclave Exile</a>, the next evolution of the <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Grand Warlord Radha" href="#" target="_blank">Grand Warlord Radha</a> extra-combat deck that I showcased in my <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/staple-remover-craterhoof-behemoth/">Craterhoof Behemoth article</a>.
In this deck, I require haste-enablers to be able to attack with the tokens I create during combat, so I run the full suite of them, such as <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Anger" href="#" target="_blank">Anger</a>, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Crashing Drawbridge" href="#" target="_blank">Crashing Drawbridge</a>, and more. They really allow me to abuse <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nacatl War-Pride" href="#" target="_blank">Nacatl War-Pride</a>, especially.
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Retribution of the Clans" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Ghired, Conclave Exile
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Acidic Slime
*1 Angel of Destiny
*1 Anger
*1 Aurelia, the Warleader
*1 Combat Celebrant
*1 Crashing Drawbridge
*1 Etali, Primal Storm
*1 Fireflux Squad
*1 Flamerush Rider
*1 Gemrazer
*1 Glorybringer
*1 Goblin Rabblemaster
*1 Grand Warlord Radha
*1 Hellkite Charger
*1 Hellrider
*1 Keeper of Fables
*1 Legion Warboss
*1 Leonin Warleader
*1 Lightning Runner
*1 Loyal Apprentice
*1 Nacatl War-Pride
*1 Ohran Frostfang
*1 Runic Armasaur
*1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
*1 Samut, Voice of Dissent
*1 Scourge of the Throne
*1 Silverwing Squadron
*1 Tendershoot Dryad
*1 Tilonalli&#039;s Summoner
[/Creatures]
[Artifacts]
*1 Explorer&#039;s Scope
*1 Helm of the Host
*1 Skullclamp
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Sword of the Animist
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Aggravated Assault
*1 Breath of Fury
*1 Druids&#039; Repository
*1 Fires of Yavimaya
*1 Goblin Assault
*1 Rhythm of the Wild
[/Enchantments]
[Sorceries]
*1 Edge of Autumn
*1 Farseek
*1 Harmonize
*1 Harvest Season
*1 Into the North
*1 Rampant Growth
*1 Relentless Assault
*1 Saproling Migration
*1 Search for Tomorrow
*1 Shamanic Revelation
*1 Sylvan Offering
*1 Three Visits
*1 Waves of Aggression
*1 World at War
[/Sorceries]
[Lands]
*1 Battlefield Forge
*1 Branchloft Pathway
*1 Brushland
*1 Command Tower
*1 Cragcrown Pathway
*1 Evolving Wilds
*1 Exotic Orchard
*8 Forest
*1 Grove of the Burnwillows
*1 Karplusan Forest
*9 Mountain
*1 Needleverge Pathway
*3 Plains
*1 Scattered Groves
*1 Sheltered Thicket
*1 Stomping Ground
*1 Temple Garden
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
[/Lands]
[Instants]
*1 Artifact Mutation
*1 Beast Within
*1 Chaos Warp
*1 Chord of Calling
*1 Eladamri&#039;s Call
*1 Generous Gift
*1 Response // Resurgence
*1 Savage Beating
*1 Signal the Clans
*1 Swords to Plowshares
[/Instants]"></div>

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What haste-enablers and protection pieces do you run in place of (or alongside with) <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lightning Greaves" href="#" target="_blank">Lightning Greaves</a>? There are bound to be extra spicy inclusions, and I'd love to hear about them in the comments down below!

Staple Remover - Lightning Greaves

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Siren of the Silent Song" href="#" target="_blank">Siren of the Silent Song</a> | Art by <a href="http://anthonypalumboillustration.com/">Anthony Palumbo)</a></h6>
<h1>Baby, You Can Drive My Car</h1>
<blockquote>"Rules and rails are made to be broken."
—<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Aradara Express" href="#" target="_blank">Aradara Express</a> flavor text
</blockquote>
Vehicles, a relatively new invention that was first introduced in Kaladesh, act like Equipment in reverse. Your <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cultivator&#039;s Caravan" href="#" target="_blank">Cultivator&#039;s Caravan</a> becomes a 5/5 by forming a crew of low-power creatures as opposed to your low-power creature becoming a 5/5 via a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sword of Feast and Famine" href="#" target="_blank">Sword of Feast and Famine</a>. In both scenarios, you're banking on "going tall" by building up a single threat to hurl at your opponents. It's a cornerstone Boros: aggressive, large threats played early to make sure you won't have opponents for too long. That's why this Mind Bend, the article series that breaks down the conventional notions of the color pie to forge new ground outside the confines of the already established, we're driving these Vehicles out of the Boros garage and parking them right into Sultai's lot.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cultivator&#039;s Caravan"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sword of Feast and Famine"></div></div>
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<h2>An Exemplar List</h2>
Just how far is the Vehicles theme skewed in Boros' direction? Out of the <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/vehicles">over 1200 Vehicle decks on EDHREC</a>, just one Boros commander helms over 60% of them: <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Depala, Pilot Exemplar" href="#" target="_blank">Depala, Pilot Exemplar</a>.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Depala, Pilot Exemplar"></div></div>
<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Depala, Pilot Exemplar" href="#" target="_blank">Depala, Pilot Exemplar</a> proves that Boros players will take anything when it comes to card advantage. Although fresh-off-the-printing-press commanders like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wyleth, Soul of Steel" href="#" target="_blank">Wyleth, Soul of Steel</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Akiri, Fearless Voyager" href="#" target="_blank">Akiri, Fearless Voyager</a> have shown that Wizards of the Coast is now giving the color combination better rewards for doing what it does best, Depala was possibly the first to do so years ago.
Granted, you needed to focus your deck around two very specific things: Dwarves and Vehicles, with both at high density, to reap the benefits. Yet the Kaladesh block brought some great new Dwarfs alongside the "new car smell" of Vehicles. The deck nearly built itself right then and there: find the right mixture of value-driven Dwarves and muscular Vehicles and you had a lean, mean Boros machine.
According to the <a href="https://edhrec.com/decks/depala-pilot-exemplar-vehicles-theme">EDHREC average <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Depala, Pilot Exemplar" href="#" target="_blank">Depala, Pilot Exemplar</a> decklist</a>, you'll find roughly twenty or so Vehicles ready to ram right into your opponents and at least ten Dwarves to fill your crew with small upsides, like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Duergar Hedge-Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Duergar Hedge-Mage</a>. On top of that, add a few ace pilots; <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Renegade Wheelsmith" href="#" target="_blank">Renegade Wheelsmith</a> is a great example.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Duergar Hedge-Mage"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Renegade Wheelsmith"></div></div>
Subsequent years have been somewhat kind to the deck, with a smattering of new potential inclusions every few sets. It's an easy-to-maintain deck that handles well right off the lot.
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<h2>Slow and Steady Wins the Race</h2>
Now that we've reviewed the Boros build, let's slap a fresh coat of paint on this Vehicles deck make it into a beautiful, streamlined Sultai machine, with sweet black, green, and blue stripes. And to do that, let me introduce you to our driver, the new #1 Turtle: <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archelos, Lagoon Mystic" href="#" target="_blank">Archelos, Lagoon Mystic</a>.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Archelos, Lagoon Mystic"></div></div>
Now, you might be wondering, "Hey, doesn't Archelos' flavor text say, albeit slowly, that 'Life is not a race?'" That fact is that <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archelos, Lagoon Mystic" href="#" target="_blank">Archelos, Lagoon Mystic</a> is the best pilot in the multiverse not named Depala. Sorry, Sonic, our goal isn't to go fast, our goal is just to go faster than everyone else, and we can do that by slowing them all down.
The Crew mechanic on Vehicles means that we can easily tap our commander without need for haste or for our Turtle shaman to ever cross into the red zone. Having our commander tapped creates a massive speed bump for our opponents to navigate, which we will use to our advantage.
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<h3>Truly Inspired</h3>
Archelos won't be our only pilot in this build. We need a little more inspiration to bring this dream machine to life. Luckily, there is a lesser-known Vehicle deck out there that we can emulate: <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="King Macar, the Gold-Cursed" href="#" target="_blank">King Macar, the Gold-Cursed</a>.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="King Macar, the Gold-Cursed"></div></div>
Lovingly known as "Dude, Where's Macar?", <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="King Macar, the Gold-Cursed" href="#" target="_blank">King Macar, the Gold-Cursed</a> has a build dedicating him to crewing some fancy Vehicles so that he can untap and exile a threat, making a little change in the process. The Inspired ability came from the original Theros block, and it rewards you for untapping your creatures. Unfortunately, most of these creatures are rather small, making them more safe to attack in a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Smuggler&#039;s Copter" href="#" target="_blank">Smuggler&#039;s Copter</a> than on the ground.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Pain Seer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Siren of the Silent Song"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Disciple of Deceit"></div></div>
The first group of inspired creatures we have in our stable provide either card advantage or card quality. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pain Seer" href="#" target="_blank">Pain Seer</a> is a cousin of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dark Confidant" href="#" target="_blank">Dark Confidant</a>, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Siren of the Silent Song" href="#" target="_blank">Siren of the Silent Song</a> sets our opponents each back a card, and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sphinx&#039;s Disciple" href="#" target="_blank">Sphinx&#039;s Disciple</a> is straight draw. On the card quality side, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Disciple of Deceit" href="#" target="_blank">Disciple of Deceit</a> can trade a dead card for one much more suited to the current situation.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Daring Thief"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ghostly Pilferer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Fallowsage"></div></div>
Just like King Macar, there are a few other inspired choices that can shift the balance of permanents on the board. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Daring Thief" href="#" target="_blank">Daring Thief</a> can swap out a lowly <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wood Elves" href="#" target="_blank">Wood Elves</a> or a late <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Arcane Signet" href="#" target="_blank">Arcane Signet</a> for an opponent's big threat. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Arbiter of the Ideal" href="#" target="_blank">Arbiter of the Ideal</a> can net us more Vehicles and more pilots for each untap.
There are even a few creatures we can use that don't say "Inspired", but act just the same. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ghostly Pilferer" href="#" target="_blank">Ghostly Pilferer</a> just hit tables earlier this year and can net us cards each time it untaps. The same is true when we crew a Vehicle with <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fallowsage" href="#" target="_blank">Fallowsage</a>. Additionally, we can stymie threats via <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Surgespanner" href="#" target="_blank">Surgespanner</a>.
Normally, the Inspired mechanic is too slow for the game. You have to cast the creature, then wait until your next turn to attack, then wait until it untaps. However, if we have <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archelos, Lagoon Mystic" href="#" target="_blank">Archelos, Lagoon Mystic</a> in play and tapped, we can skip the first few steps. Or, if we have <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Amulet of Vigor" href="#" target="_blank">Amulet of Vigor</a> in play, we can get the Inspired trigger right then and there. And we don't need to worry about other players because with Archelos tapped, they're moving at a Turtle's pace.
<hr />
<h3>Superchargers</h3>
<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Amulet of Vigor" href="#" target="_blank">Amulet of Vigor</a> is not the only hack this machine can run. Since we'll be crewing our Vehicles, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Quest for Renewal" href="#" target="_blank">Quest for Renewal</a> will hit its four counters in no time. Or, we could also just slap <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Seedborn Muse" href="#" target="_blank">Seedborn Muse</a> into play. Either of these active means that we can crew our Vehicles over and over on each player's turn, not just our own, and get our Inspired triggers fours times as often.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Amulet of Vigor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Quest for Renewal"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Throne of the God-Pharaoh"></div></div>
<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Throne of the God-Pharaoh" href="#" target="_blank">Throne of the God-Pharaoh</a> gives us incentive to tap every creature, even our crewed Vehicles, every turn, and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Opposition" href="#" target="_blank">Opposition</a> can hinder the advances of our opponents' biggest threats. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fatestitcher" href="#" target="_blank">Fatestitcher</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tideforce Elemental" href="#" target="_blank">Tideforce Elemental</a> provide ways to hit more Inspired triggers on one turn, or can help tap Archelos, should the need arise.
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<h3>Finish Line</h3>
<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Throne of the God-Pharaoh" href="#" target="_blank">Throne of the God-Pharaoh</a> marks one of our win conditions, but our primary focus is on a slower grind. For that, planeswalkers offer us some added routes to victory. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas" href="#" target="_blank">Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas</a> nets us card advantage, can turn a Vehicle into a creature for good, and has a killer finisher. Same for <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tezzeret, Artifice Master" href="#" target="_blank">Tezzeret, Artifice Master</a>, giving us a token that can help crew, drawing us cards, or hitting the ultimate under the ideal racing conditions. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archelos, Lagoon Mystic" href="#" target="_blank">Archelos, Lagoon Mystic</a> supports this strategy as hasty creatures are no threat to a naked planeswalker.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Skysovereign, Consul Flagship"></div></div>
And obviously, we can just get our beatdown on with evasive Vehicles like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Skysovereign, Consul Flagship" href="#" target="_blank">Skysovereign, Consul Flagship</a> or <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Aradara Express" href="#" target="_blank">Aradara Express</a>.
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<h2>The Perfect Line</h2>
If you're looking for a deck that has a non-standard play pattern where tapping out is sometimes the best board state to have and where your sequencing might be counter to what you're used to, this is the deck for you. You might oversteer at the green flag, but you'll be rounding the turns like a pro with a little bit of practice. Turn your commander sideways at the right moments and speed on past the checkered flag while your opponents lag a few turns behind.
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Sultai Vehicles" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Arbiter of the Ideal
*1 Daring Thief
*1 Disciple of Deceit
*1 Fallowsage
*1 Fatestitcher
*1 Foundry Inspector
*1 Ghostly Pilferer
*1 Jhoira&#039;s Familiar
*1 King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
*1 Oak Street Innkeeper
*1 Oracle of Mul Daya
*1 Pain Seer
*1 Phyrexian Metamorph
*1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
*1 Seedborn Muse
*1 Servant of Tymaret
*1 Siren of the Silent Song
*1 Sphinx&#039;s Disciple
*1 Surgespanner
*1 Tangled Florahedron
*1 Tideforce Elemental
*1 Wake Thrasher
*1 Wood Elves
[/Creatures]
[Artifacts]
*1 Aethersphere Harvester
*1 Amulet of Vigor
*1 Aradara Express
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Cultivator&#039;s Caravan
*1 Daredevil Dragster
*1 Fleetwheel Cruiser
*1 Heart of Kiran
*1 Honor-Worn Shaku
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Mobile Garrison
*1 Renegade Freighter
*1 Silent Submersible
*1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
*1 Smuggler&#039;s Copter
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
*1 Thundering Chariot
*1 Untethered Express
*1 Weatherlight
[/Artifacts]
[Instants]
*1 Assassin&#039;s Trophy
*1 Beast Within
*1 Counterspell
*1 Heroic Intervention
*1 Sultai Charm
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Agadeem&#039;s Awakening
*1 Bala Ged Recovery
*1 Decree of Pain
*1 Harvest Season
*1 Night&#039;s Whisper
*1 Painful Truths
*1 Rishkar&#039;s Expertise
*1 Sea Gate Restoration
*1 Toxic Deluge
[/Sorceries]
[Enchantments]
*1 Cryptolith Rite
*1 Opposition
*1 Phyrexian Arena
*1 Quest for Renewal
[/Enchantments]
[Planeswalkers]
*1 Nissa, Vital Force
*1 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
*1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
[/Planeswalkers]
[Lands]
*1 Bojuka Bog
*1 Breeding Pool
*1 Command Tower
*1 Creeping Tar Pit
*1 Dimir Aqueduct
*1 Drowned Catacomb
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Fabled Passage
*4 Forest
*1 Golgari Rot Farm
*1 Hinterland Harbor
*3 Island
*1 Llanowar Wastes
*1 Lotus Field
*1 Lumbering Falls
*1 Morphic Pool
*1 Nurturing Peatland
*1 Overgrown Tomb
*1 Rejuvenating Springs
*1 Simic Growth Chamber
*2 Swamp
*1 Temple of Deceit
*1 Temple of Mystery
*1 Underground River
*1 Undergrowth Stadium
*1 Waterlogged Grove
*1 Watery Grave
*1 Yavimaya Coast
*1 Zagoth Triome
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<h2>Checkered Flag</h2>
<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Depala, Pilot Exemplar" href="#" target="_blank">Depala, Pilot Exemplar</a> might get the fastest laps in qualifying, but <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archelos, Lagoon Mystic" href="#" target="_blank">Archelos, Lagoon Mystic</a> will catch up over the course of the race, and should have the gas to go the distance. Also, this was a first for the series: I actually wrote about a commander from the most recent set! Okay, there are, like, a billion new commanders in Commander Legends, so one of them was bound to be worth highlighting, but I'm still calling this a win. It's always fun to flip the script on how you normally do things, if only just to expand your horizons. But, for now, I have to drive off into the sunset.
Until next time, where I'll have another mind-bending brew for you!

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