Faramir, Steward of Gondor Faramir, Steward of Gondor makes being the monarch even better than normal, and it gives you a clear way to become it
In Commander, where players have access to so much fast mana, this is potentially a death sentence
Dual Lands Dual lands like Volcanic Island and Underground Sea are the backbone of competitive Magic and some of the most proxied cards in the game
This helps reduce the impact of discarding, provided that you plan your ink usage around it
Once we had Priest of Titania creatures, it seemed natural to have Priest of Titania spells: (Wirewood Pride, for example was called "Giant Growth of Titania" in design.) The one-shot spells then led to permanents that trigger a tribal effect: Its interesting to note that Elvish Guidance got created because we wanted to find some way to get the Priest of Titanias effect into the set
It does wait until the endstep, but a free way to come back for one dork is quite nice, love it lots