It works as a silver bullet against certain strategies: Aggro decks hate it because creatures effectively lose haste, it slows down artifact decks that rely on churning out fast mana and rocks
In order to get the most out of your commanders, you need to run plenty of artifacts that you can easily sacrifice
You didn't need to just spit out tons of creatures, draw your deck, and win
One mana one for one discard isn't exciting when you gain little information from it and have no choice in what to take
It lets you leverage a big spell from your graveyard to deal a sweeping amount of damage specifically to non-dragon creatures, keeping your team alive while clearing out pesky blockers
The List Okay, here is the full decklist: Creatures (25) 1 Anger 1 Gorilla Shaman 1 Wall of Roots 1 Urabrask the Hidden 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Deathrite Shaman 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge 1 Xenagos, God of Revels 1 Eternal Scourge 1 Prowling Serpopard 1 Manglehorn 1 Squee, the Immortal 1 Beast Whisperer 1 Dockside Extortionist 1 Destiny Spinner 1 Radha, Heart of Keld 1 Opposition Agent 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar 1 Prosperous Innkeeper 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General 1 Aeve, Progenitor Ooze 1 Ignoble Hierarch 1 Timeless Witness 1 Goblin Anarchomancer 1 Devilish Valet Planeswalkers (1) Lands (40) 1 Strip Mine 2 Forest 1 Wooded Foothills 1 Gaea's Cradle 1 Wasteland 1 Reflecting Pool 2 Swamp 2 Mountain 1 Taiga 1 Bayou 1 Badlands 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Stomping Ground 1 Blood Crypt 1 Graven Cairns 1 Fire-Lit Thicket 1 Jund Panorama 1 Savage Lands 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Dragonskull Summit 1 Rootbound Crag 1 Verdant Catacombs 1 Lavaclaw Reaches 1 Raging Ravine 1 Command Tower 1 Woodland Cemetery 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Temple of Abandon 1 Opal Palace 1 Temple of Malice 1 Command Beacon 1 Luxury Suite 1 Spire Garden 1 Undergrowth Stadium 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground Spells (33) 1 Rancor 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Mana Vault 1 Sol Ring 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Mana Crypt 1 Food Chain 1 Berserk 1 Terminate 1 Skullclamp 1 Greater Good 1 Krosan Grip 1 Harmonize 1 Beastmaster Ascension 1 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Go for the Throat 1 Beast Within 1 Tragic Slip 1 Vandalblast 1 Cryptolith Rite 1 Heroic Intervention 1 Skull Storm 1 Genesis Storm 1 Rhythm of the Wild 1 Cindervines 1 Force of Vigor 1 Veil of Summer 1 Arcane Signet 1 Embercleave 1 Plumb the Forbidden 1 Stinging Study 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping 1 Blood for the Blood God
