While theyre fairly powerful, its their effect on perceived barrier-to-entry that really posed a problem because casual players watching Commander games in passing could reasonably assume that they needed hundreds (now thousands) of dollars in Power-9 mana as table stakes, just to join the format
This card instantly became the face of the set and is still one of the most expensive cards of the Sword & Shield era
Ive already made it relatively clear that both work pretty great with knights, so being able to play them from the top of your library directly attached onto your knights is definitely great
Combat focussed archetypes are relatively few and far between, but hopefully this reprint allows them to be built that bit easier
The Prismari Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck set includes 1 ready-to-play deck of 100 Magic cards (2 foil, 98 nonfoil), 1 foil etched Display Commander, 10 double-sided tokens, 1 life tracker, 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards), and 1 reference card, all in reduced-plastic packaging.
