The bat cleric preserves all its counters when it dies, which is a nice touch for something youve invested a lot of time into
The deck then adds mid- to late-game threats including Shipwreck Dowser (prowess, rebuys a spell) and Tolarian Kraken (tap/untap)
While that can fit a lot more decks these days, Virtue of Courage brings me back to the problem burn decks, and red decks in general, always used to have: running out of gas
Commanders like Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos and March of the Machine's Elesh Norn can make good use of equipment that comes with its own Phyrexian
Raffine, Scheming Seer During its Standard era, Raffine, Scheming Seer was one of the most oppressive cards thanks to its ability to filter cards with connive while maintaining a big threat on the board and keeping interaction in hand
It can be difficult to put excess Food Tokens to good use, so this secondary abilitys importance cannot be understated