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Your life lose triggers the commander as well, so Dismember has a lot of potential

If you hit another copy of Garruk, keep the newest one, use it to untap Nykthos and the land that has Utopia Sprawl on it (that Genesis Wave kindly provided for us), and do the Wave once more

On top of that, color can be used in more creative ways when artists dont have to worry about capturing something in a more photorealistic light

Eddie Brock / Venom, Lethal Protector Eddie Brock may be the non-superhero form, but free reanimation is nothing to sneeze at

Two mana is fine and as you say, the options it provides are good compensation

Do you want them with more colors