It has an impressive Ward ability, requiring an opponent to sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature to target it with spells or abilities
Simic has many incredibly powerful commanders like Koma, Cosmos Serpent and Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait that draw the tables aggression early to shut them down
The cheapest way you can do this is three mana, but in exchange, you lose the game on your next end step
Most importantly, Elas vastly outperforms commanders such as Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim and Killian, Ink Duelist in a deck with Lurrus of the Dream-Den as the companion
However, they are already looking at the future as they tease the following set, which is titled Fabled
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