He also keeps all his Commander decks legal
Solemn Simulacrum + Baleful Strix To be honest, this may be too high a spot for Solemn Simulacrum or Baleful Strix if we're rating them strictly by their usefulness in current formats
For five mana you get a decently-sized threat that also can draw you some cards
Celestine, the Living Saint The issue with lifegain decks is finding the right payoffs
1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings 1 Saruman, the White Hand 1 Corsairs of Umbar 1 Monstrosity of the Lake 1 Subjugate the Hobbits 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon 1 Orcish Siegemaster 1 Rampaging War Mammoth 1 The Balrog of Moria 1 Grma, Saruman's Footman 1 In the Darkness Bind Them 1 Lidless Gaze 1 Lord of the Nazgl 1 Moria Scavenger 1 Summons of Saruman 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep 1 Wake the Dragon 1 Relic of Sauron 1 The Black Gate 1 Decree of Pain 1 Languish 1 Living Death 1 Reanimate 1 Blasphemous Act 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers 1 Inferno Titan 1 Knollspine Dragon 1 Scourge of the Throne 1 Siege-Gang Commander 1 Treasure Nabber 1 Hostage Taker 1 Notion Thief 1 Choked Estuary 1 Desolate Lighthouse 1 Dragonskull Summit 1 Drowned Catacomb 1 Foreboding Ruins 1 Frostboil Snarl 1 Smoldering Marsh 1 Sulfur Falls 1 Sulfurous Springs 1 Sunken Hollow 1 Underground River 1 Treason of Isengard 1 Bitter Downfall 1 Troll of Khazad-dm 1 Voracious Fell Beast 1 Fiery Inscription 1 Grishnkh, Brash Instigator 1 Arcane Denial 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver 1 Consider 1 Deep Analysis 1 Fact or Fiction 1 Forbidden Alchemy 1 Feed the Swarm 1 Merciless Executioner 1 Revenge of Ravens 1 Anger 1 Faithless Looting 1 The Mouth of Sauron 1 Goblin Cratermaker 1 Guttersnipe 1 Shiny Impetus 1 Thrill of Possibility 1 Extract from Darkness 1 Arcane Signet 1 Basalt Monolith 1 Commander's Sphere 1 Everflowing Chalice 1 Mind Stone 1 Sol Ring 1 Worn Powerstone 1 Command Tower 1 Crumbling Necropolis 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Field of Ruin 1 Path of Ancestry 1 Rogue's Passage 1 Terramorphic Expanse 6 Island 6 Swamp 7 Mountain The Hosts of Mordor Tokens 1 Orc Army (Uruk-hai) // Orc Army (Sauron) token 1 Food (giant spider) // Wraith token 3 Goblin // Wraith tokens 2 Dragon (6/6) // Wraith tokens 3 Treasure // Wraith tokens Orc Army (Uruk-hai) // Orc Army (Sauron) Food (giant spider) // Wraith Goblin // Wraith Dragon (6/6) // Wraith Treasure // Wraith Look for The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Commander decks at your local game store, online through Amazon, and elsewhere Magic: The Gathering products are sold.
The History of Affinity for Artifacts in MTG The set that unleashed the affinity monster upon MTG was the original Mirrodin in 2003
