Kiora, the Rising Tide Unlike Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep, Kiora, the Rising Tide provides a ton of value in multiple strategies and builds
We are seeing a trend in 2026 where Life Gain and Toughness archetypes are merging, and Treebeard is the bridge between those strategies
Lord of the Nazgl is the better Commander to be sure, but you can probably build a cool Rakdos deck with this anyway
Don't get me wrong, there's serious stuff to deal withmutant monsters, irradiated food, ruthless raiders But there's so much charm and strangeness to the world that you can't help but fall in love with it, rads and all
Its a mechanic that cares about certain card types , similar to how cards like Dragon's Claw and Aether Gust care about cards with a particular color
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