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If you pay the offspring cost and have Alania, Divergent Storm out, thats quite a chunk of damage

With Commander decks, as it can only enter tapped within your first three turns, Starting Town sees its best performance in decks whose commanders naturally hit the battlefield early , ensuring the required mana is available from turn two onward

I was incredibly surprised at a few options going through the list such as K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth and Hell's Caretaker both being horrors, which fit excellently in a deck like this

Abzan counters and aristocrats are supreme archetypes, and Ghave, Guru of Spores and Karador, Ghost Chieftain absolutely pioneered that, remaining at the 3rd and 4th spot for Abzan, respectively

That's really good card flow from a two-drop in your Command Zone but note that it's not the power, but the base power, so even if you pumped its power with equipment like, say, Bonesplitter, it would still just be one card drawn