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But I could immediately see that a tremendous amount of time and effort went into fine-tuning every detail about Commander 2016 when the decklists were released

Black Market Connections is the headliner, a premium engine that each turn trades life for Treasure, cards, or a 3/2 changeling Shapeshifter that counts as a Villain, and it slots perfectly into a deck built around paying small costs for big advantage

All those tapped Gates are going to hurt the mana base, but we really need the space, especially if there's going to be a functional shrine theme as well

To me Body Count feels like fixed version of Lilianas Standard Bearer and if youre already on the aristocrat, extort, lifedrain or sacrifice gameplan, being able to draw cards at instant speed for 1 mana is quite high value