Essence Channeler Oh, great, another power crept Ajani's Pridemate variant
Lore-wise it clues you into the mind of Yawgmoth, who's now recognized as a person to the possibly unknowing audience, but also makes the player feel as though theyre some sort of dark mastermind themselves
He comes down early, is very easy to flip the turn he comes out (thanks to extort) and can immediately start his favored gameplan
Creatures (6) Planeswalkers (1) Lands (16) Spells (37) 2 Sensei's Divining Top 1 Brainstorm 4 Mana Drain 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Yawgmoth's Will 4 Force of Will 1 Sol Ring 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Mana Crypt 1 Time Vault 1 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Rack and Ruin 1 Thirst for Knowledge 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Misdirection 1 Tinker 1 Voltaic Key 1 Black Lotus 1 Fact or Fiction 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Darkblast The life loss is just not that big a deal in powered formats anyway
All you need is a deck and a worthy opponent
While you dont see Bloom Tender in Mono-Green Commander strategies because it becomes mana negative, the Elf Druid shines in three to five-colored strategies as it becomes mana positive, allowing you to cast spells ahead of schedule
