Since it only costs two mana, you can get it out early and easily meet the requirement to transform it
Evendo Brushrazer Insects these days have a lot of incentives to sacrifice nontoken permanents
7 - Birds of Paradise Birds of Paradise adds redundancy to Timeless' wide range of mana dorks, which currently includes Deathrite Shaman, Delighted Halfling and Gilded Goose, which it can replace due to its consistency in generating mana at the expense of dying for Orcish Bowmasters
You can use it to maximize value by pointing it at a player that owes you a favor, or you can give another player an opportunity to do something for you
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Commander was originally created by Adam Staley back in 1996, but its origins can also be traced back to an article submitted to MTG magazine The Duelist by one Jesus M