For this exercise, Im going to use Star Wars: Destiny and Disney: Lorcana as examples
Opponents in a Commander game will almost always have something they would rather be doing with their mana rather than paying Smothering Tithe's tax
How to play against Flash Counter Fla s h Cards You can counter flash cards like you would any other instant-speed card
Mews status as the original Mythical Pokmon, USGMENs instantly recognizable art style, and the cards established identity as the flagship Scarlet & Violet chase all support sustained demand
(Call was printed in a Modern legal Core Set, in case you wanted to try out this combo in Modern, as an fyi)
That's 16 more than Toph, Hardheaded TeacherToph, Hardheaded Teacher or the more mundane Uncle IrohUncle Iroh has in Gruul, 15 more than Sokka, Bold BoomerangerSokka, Bold Boomeranger in Izzet, and 13 more than Guru PathikGuru Pathik and The Lion-TurtleThe Lion-Turtle have in Simic, to say nothing of the multiple single-color Lesson commanders that have access to a fraction of that (return readers will note that I didn't even mention Lessons when I wrote about Gran-GranGran-Gran last week)
