Drawing a card whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater is excellent with sweepers like pre-rotation Sunfall, where you can kill every creature and draw a card, with removal spells like Leyline Binding, or with the various Overlords that can enter the battlefield for cheap via impeding, like Overlord of the Hauntwoods
Balthor the Defiled
Multiplayer generally, and Commander especially, are a very card advantage sensitive format
[1] Later on, the player can build decks with the cards to battle against other players
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The deck then features a number of powerful midgame snakes, many of which generate value through effects such as Vizier (cast creatures off the top), Mystic Snake (counterspell), and Fangkeeper's Familiar (counter/enchant removal/surveil)