In its Enchanted form, the evil appearance of the staff's magic seems to come off the card itself with the Amethyst ink outline swirling out beyond the staff and into Maleficent's hand.
Two fifths of the time I'll put a creature into play at the beginning of combat with its trigger
Another option is to simply eschew the Commander Precons and jump right into the most played Commander strategies in the format we're using the always great EDHREC.com as our primary source for this data
So Mana Sculpt isnt exactly Mana Drain #2, but its still a potent counterspell in any deck thatll reliably have a wizard in play
I also think his overall Istari package of staff and creature allies isnt as widely useful or interesting as the Gandalf and Saruman heroes
Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos Be honest, Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos players: Have you ever won a match and declared it Game Ogre? Or perhaps said: Get Shrekd? Shrek Universes Beyond when, by the way