Moreover, the good Captain seems like a textbook case of a card that was designed for Standard rather than commander
You cannot cast a sorcery in response to another spell (you'll learn about this idea later)
The Retreat Cost of two is by no means good, but when you consider were talking about Blissey here, were just happy it isnt 3
With all those options, it's important to choose the right ramp for your deck
Light Up the Stage is often the last card you cast from your hand, leaving plenty of mana to cast the spells, and with Skewer the Critics, red decks in Standard have so much burn they dont mind sending some of it upstairs, especially if theyre now closer to the critical number of twenty
Here is Thanos utilizing The Soul Stone, before Marvel interest heated the card by several hundred dollars: You could get this at its cheapest in the February-April window, around $1200, before it started its new climb to $1900