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But I could immediately see that a tremendous amount of time and effort went into fine-tuning every detail about Commander 2016 when the decklists were released

Don't forget her lifelink and first strike too

Black Market Connections is the headliner, a premium engine that each turn trades life for Treasure, cards, or a 3/2 changeling Shapeshifter that counts as a Villain, and it slots perfectly into a deck built around paying small costs for big advantage

If theyve spent their whole turn tapping out to cast a spell, your countering and subsequent extra mana on your following turn basically feels like an entire extra turn for you

To me Body Count feels like fixed version of Lilianas Standard Bearer and if youre already on the aristocrat, extort, lifedrain or sacrifice gameplan, being able to draw cards at instant speed for 1 mana is quite high value