While some see them as a way of speeding up games and 'kingmaking', group hug can be a particularly sneaky archetype that keeps you out of the spotlight until it's your time to finally win
Probably not unless ninjas come back, unfortunately
You shudder
But this cannot be stopped, so it's a win con on the second turn, quite powerful to get down prior to Counterspell coming online if you went first, and then a force of nature
This commander gives you something to use your excess energy on, and if the game goes long, it just draw cards and reanimates artifacts
The earlier Gaeas Cradle comes into play, the more mana it yields: on turn 1, itll produce 1 mana, but starting from turn 2, its value scales depending on how quickly you can flood the field, and by turn three, youre looking at an income of maybe four mana or higher