The most valuable cards from the Scarlet & Violet set typically include holographic rare cards, first edition prints, and cards featuring popular Pokemon
So maybe its surprising that I had a negative perception of a set that I now realize has proven to be so fundamentally important to Commander as a whole
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian's second triggered ability won't trigger if you search an opponent's library or if an opponent searches another player's library
Trade Tokens have been replaced by Shinedust which can be obtained much more easily
While players can certainly look up the hottest new decks online, affording them is more often than not out of their reach, leaving them scrambling to use the cheapest dregs of the card pool until then
The idea is to play this in a Black deck that has enough mana with Cabal Coffers and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth or Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or Caged Sun to fill this out with tons of X mana to make all of that mana and force enough for your foes to lose life, discard their hand and be denuded of their stuff and then you can, slowly win the game from there after removing their life, hand and stuff so that you have a slower game win from there with anything like Commander damage or finishing off someone with a lower post-Torment life