merfolk deck mtg commander precon Magic: The Gathering The Lost Caverns of Ixalan My personal commander precon tier

City of Brass makes you take one damage when it is tapped and can give you one mana of any color in return and, likewise, Mana Confluence adds one mana of any color but has the requirement of paying one life

Six mana is a lot of mana to ask for this effect, but there are tons of ways to generate an absurd board state even if this creature is immediately answered

For both of these reasons, my wife really liked the card catalog

Its a long-term threat out of the graveyard for when you can afford to escape with card type duplicates

I lost to Atarka Red during the event, but I think it's a fine matchup with so many main-decked Nyx-Fleece Rams

The cards are designed with their mechanics first in a spreadsheet, with rarity assigned according to certain stats and text