Trade Secrets First Printed: 1998-OCT Banned: 2013-APR Trade Secrets is a flag-bearer for the banning principle of Cards which interact poorly with the multiplayer nature of the format, as its a cheap spell that allows two players to collude
Teval, the Balanced Scale is, despite its name, not a balanced Commander at all, as it does everything you need just when it attacks
Im not sure which deck wants this, but it has enough knobs to be generically playable
It cant attack unless you have one or fewer cards but in Hazoret decks this is almost never a downside, since most of the time youve already used your cards
You can buff all those tokens with Scurry of Gremlins, and you can finish off your opponent with burns from cards like Aether Revolt and Synth Eradicator Are Energy Counters Permanent
He might be able to help you cheat out some powerful items, but the subpar statline hurts, as does the fact he's not inkable