Some would also argue that a good token commander can always get by without the ability to generate tokens if it has a strong enough payoff like Purphoros, God of the Forge, and theres plenty of evidence that aligns with that school of thought
He'd been trying to take advantage of Master of Cruelties, a card that had captured the imaginations of more than a few readers, and realized that Master of Cruelties doesn't actually need power to reduce an opponent to 1 life (although it's certainly worse against creatures if it doesn't have any), so he could use Heartless Summoning to play Master of Cruelties, since he was planning to make it unblockable with Rogue's Passage anyway
Rancor | Illustration by Kev Walker Auras are an enchantment subtype that attaches to a permanent or player
Can one of them give it a second International Championship win
The rest of its abilitiescounters, lifegain, card draw, and reanimationmake it a Swiss Army knife for any 5-color deck
Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant The Abzan-aligned Bilbo from the Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Commander precons has probably the funniest lifegain-based ability weve seen to date
