Meanwhile, black is going to use life gain triggers or life payments to present us with various forms of card advantage, burn, or even the occasional big beater of its own
Their weirder interactions are fun if you understand them, but you must explain them every time you play against someone for the first time, and your opponent never quite believes you at first
This teaches new players just how impactful a good Commander can be, and gets them to think much more about when to play their Commander for max value and how Commander tax works once they've been removed
Now that we have deserts that ping, this card can be a very dicey card to cast, as the next land drop from your opponent might be fatal
The final ability is to slot a shield counter onto a creature you control, like the Titan of Industry on a naked board or your Commander
This allows it to sit on the Bench and scoop up Energy from defeated Pokmon, and then leap into action with Aqua Burst, that does 40 damage per Energy attached