What cards penalize life gain in Magic: The Gathering?

But before looking at Commander deck composition, here are the key rules of the format: 1

Keep plenty of Plains, Islands, Swamps, Mountains, and Forests on hand

Jeweled Lotus The only time you don’t want to topdeck this card is when you have complete control of the game and there’s no way your commander, already on the battlefield, can be bounced or sent back to the command zone

Wernog, Rider's Chaplain/Will the Wise can make a bunch of Clues if your opponents let you, but it doesn’t have any payoff for making them aside from drawing cards

Memory Erosion is an often overlooked card, many would probably rather have Sphinx’s Tutelage

It’s like a much more functional The Phasing of Zhalfir, and at least in Eternal formats I think that’s a card we all benefit from

Finally, The Coming of Galactus is a powerful saga that initially lets you remove your opponent's strongest threat

In many occasions, you’d refuse to make an attack if an opponent just played their big blocker and it isn’t worth losing one of your creatures to it, but with this red commander at your disposal, you can remove the blocked creature from play and replay it post-combat so that you don’t lose any value and still get through with the rest of your creatures

The Secret Lair series gives select Magic cards new art, and it’s featured plenty of different series since the program was announced in 2019

Well… So long as you’re not playing against a self-mill deck, at least

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If you can’t interact with a creature on turn three, Vivi ensures you lose on turn four