It slowly picks away at a board, accrues you card draw, and can be downright toxic with cards that proliferate
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Sensei's Divining Top, Mystic Forge, and any cost reducers that make Top cost like the Herald or Sculptor, let you draw your entire deck by continually putting Top on top of your library and recasting it with Forges ability
All Taxed Out Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp | Illustration by Magali Villeneuve The commander tax is often a frustrating rule, but its necessary for the balance of the format
It is a bit risky and somewhat top end overkill and cards like Yawgmoth's Will and Siege-Gang Commander tend to be much better things on those slots or roles for the respective decks
Those decks will often have a few copies of [c]Lotus Petal[/c] available in case you dont have enough mana to play Thassas Oracle from your hand