A quill from the First Reader at Candlekeep, the spectacles of the Most Holy Servant of Gond, a woven bookmark from the Caleph Arcane of Calimport: readers always leave something of themselves behind
However, black offers great tools to a deck, including good removal, sweepers, and tutors, while having clunky card draw and weaker board presence than most other colors
This is thanks to very few Commander options providing access to red mana
Part of that is because pretty much everything feels playable at the moment
Thankfully Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa explores new territory, aiming for more engaging long-game poison kills rather than the one-and-done infect em out approach
The real constraint was a very small card pool ( Limited Edition , Unlimited Edition, and Arabian Nights ), and card availability