A Visual Guide to Commander's Saltiest Cards : r/magicTCG

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Deflecting Swat Deflecting Swat is one of the best red cards in Commander, which says a lot considering the cycle of free spells it hails from

Some of the stronger reprints in these Commander decks include: Rise of the Dark RealmsRise of the Dark Realms (Revival Trance) Ruinous UltimatumRuinous Ultimatum (Revival Trance) Bastion ProtectorBastion Protector (Limit Break) Champion's HelmChampion's Helm (Limit Break) Conqueror's FlailConqueror's Flail (Limit Break) Clever ConcealmentClever Concealment (Limit Break) Generous PatronGenerous Patron (Counter Blitz) Walking BallistaWalking Ballista (Counter Blitz) Sublime EpiphanySublime Epiphany (Scions & Spellcraft) Snuff OutSnuff Out (Scions & Spellcraft) Final JudgmentFinal Judgment (Scions & Spellcraft) Overall, reprint playability appears to be pretty widespread among the different precons, but in terms of value, Limit Break has this in spades

And of course, we all know how powerful Mindslaver effects are, if you can get to that

Like a lot of the other cool, iconic legends in the set, 6 mana is a lot, but being able to flip this guy into a 9/9 that fights a creature, gives you a ton of mana, and eventually turns back into Clive rather than dying, could make it all worth it

Goad that creature.

It also doesn’t hurt that this is by far the cheapest tier 1 deck in the format -- no Goyfs required

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It’s also tricky to figure out the types and mana costs of these cards

Stormfist Crusader Yet another Rakdos card that simultaneously rewards and punishes everyone equally

Due to this, there’s no reason to think that Wizards couldn’t keep printing Play Boosters for as long as needed

The "nine lives" gag is still there, the stealing opponent's cards is there, but the focus on artifacts, though flavorful, was eventually deemed too narrow