In Commander where you could easily be dialing against 3 or 4 enemies at once, he draws you gas without ever thinking about it, and can shoot a player, planeswalkers, or creatures, for 5 or 6 damage each go around the table
Blue-Black: SURVEIL (AND SELF-DISCARD) U/B is perhaps the most nebulous color pair in terms of identity, with the baffling designation self-discard matters. In practice, this is less a result of U/B having specific payoffs for its discard or surveil effects, and more about these colors being surrounded by different graveyard synergies in W/B, U/R, and R/B
However, its only the best landfall cards in Commander that turn that into a way to win the game
and each deck has multiple different attackers, methods of powering them up, and combos they can pull off with them
Theres a lot of freedom here, and if youre not sure which effect you prefer, a live preview can guide your decision
I was interested in a more proactive text leading to more reliable rewards