You don't need to keep all of your draw cards in your opening hand, but try to have a strategy for obtaining extra cards built into your opening
If an opponent would mill one or more cards, they mill that many cards plus four instead
Creatures (20) 3 Steamcore Scholar 4 Fear of Missing Out 4 Abhorrent Oculus 4 Marauding Mako 3 Tersa Lightshatter 2 Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant Lands (22) Spells (18) When the majority of the threats in the format are creatures or artifacts that make creature tokens, Ultima will find a home
I didnt, however, anticipated just how high its value would be
This Commander deck contains: 1 ready-to-play deck of 100 Magic cards (2 Traditional Foil Legendary cards, 98 nonfoil cards) 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack 25 new-to-Magic cards in each deck 6 double-sided tokens and 4 punch-out counter cards 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards) 1 strategy insert 1 reference card Release Date: June 13, 2025
There's so much looting and rummaging that you get to churn through your deck quickly, reducing variance and making sure you find the cards you need (and discarding the ones you don't) reliably, WITH ONE MAJOR EXCEPTION (see The Bad) It's very consistent