Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 Commander Deck Tyranid Swarm
The second mechanic, Initiative, expands the dungeon delving mechanic that was core to Adventure in the Forgotten Realm
It also works well with commanders that can cast from graveyards like Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer and Wrexial, the Risen Deep
All this is great since Elves has all sorts of lord effects to grant bonus +1/+1 to your Elves stats, letting you generate even more mana
Someone handed you a card, you watched a game and thought "that looks fun," or maybe you just enjoy collecting things that slowly drain your bank account
Neither of them comes especially close to the brokenness that Academy offered or the destructive impact it had on the game itself