Core Strategy: Start the game by establishing your mana base with spells like Cultivate and Farseek, then deploy low-cost value creatures like Sakura-Tribe Elder and Reassembling Skeleton
High-grade Alpha cards are rare, as MTG cards from the early days were heavily played, traded, and often damaged due to the lack of protective sleeves
Cultivate and Skyshroud Claim are more expensive options that provide additional value, all of which are found in abundance in Commander
In general, the best way to play Xanathar, Guild Kingpin isn't to simply cast as many of our opponent's spells as possible but to play some cards and then try to leave our opponent with a useless card (most often a land) on the top of their deck, which is almost like making our opponent skip their next draw and, if our opponent is empty-handed, pretty close to making our opponent skip their turn
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