Additions: Cuts: Here's how the deck looks with the upgrades added: Further Upgrades My upgrade path would involve going further into a Noncreature Convoke style of play: Monastery Mentor can replace a weaker token producer like Stonybrook Schoolmaster, Grand Crescendo can swap in for Secure the Wastes, Tocasia's Welcome and Idol of Oblivion can take the spot of Mentor of the Meek and so on
I think the infamy of the first in this series is pumping up the price somewhat, but this is certainly not a bad card, if not quite what the predecessor was
Damnation does that efficiently and on curve, which matters in formats where turn-four wipes stabilize games
Top 5 Price IncreasesMTG Cards Over $10 #5 The One Ring (Borderless Poster) Set: Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Printing: Foil Increase: +$58.61 Current Market Price: $1,010.11 Unrelated to the Commander banlist announcement, foil copies of the Borderless Poster version of The One Ring continued their long, uninterrupted march to a higher price that began at the start of 2025
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy is the Simic commander that wins a game by itself
So anything that gives it a moment in the sun is something Im going to like, and I feel like getting to regrow instants and sorceries is more helpful to decks playing them than regrowing random permanent types on other planes
