Academy Ruins is one of the best ways to do this out there, and it comes at a good price and on a Land that can still tap for one Colorless mana if all else fails
And the twentieth core set packs a suite of legendary creatures that tick all my boxes when Im perusing the previews for my next commander: Cheap to cast Thematic (Mostly) mono-colored The Wheeler philosophy of Commander is centered on taking advantage of the formats uniqueness: diving deep into the games history, only to surface when Ive found the perfect abysmal uncommon from Mirage or functional reprint from Portal Second Age
"Alternate oversized Serra"
The combat damage triggered ability is on par with Sword of Feast and Famine, and I love how land creatures includes Dryad Arbor and any lands you animated in addition to earthbending
Fast mana always helps, but at some point you might start wondering why you aren't just building around a more powerful commander like Urza, Lord High Artificer, or a better Zombie commander that puts you in both Blue and Black
Each VIP Edition contains two foil borderless cards from a selection of 40 different cards
