These made sense from two angles: First, these were top-down Egyptian-inspired sets, and d4s look suspiciously like those pointy triangle things everyone associates with Egypt
Summary Lands are critical in MTG, especially in Commander
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Accordingly, the color pair (and to some extent, the format as a whole) is less about forcing rigid archetypes with strong synergies, meaning point (2) of our criteria is harder to achieve
Pongify Yes, blue has real creature removaland Pongify is arguably the best example
Bugenhagen, Wise Elder Bugenhagen, Wise Elder is exceedingly simple, but incredibly reliable