This Standard Toxic deck's starting price is 11,280 gems, or roughly $56 of the cheapest Gem bundle big enough to make that purchase
Rampant Growth feels so fundamentally green that it seems odd that this predates it
Hancock isnt the only mono-black zombie commander in EDH, but it is the only zombie lord that starts in the command zone, and it takes relatively little effort for this creature to outpace the standard +1/+1 buff
Sometimes, you won't need the mana it makes when tapping it, so turning that into card draw keeps your hand filled with cards to play and do more crimes with
He's not-so-fondly remembered for having once broken a fellow lawmage's bindings to allow a high-profile criminal to escape simply to point out the inconsistencies in the other lawmage's arrest warrantsa move that's still known among the Azorius to this day as "pulling a Proft." Etrata, Deadly Fugitive Since House Dimir's seeming destruction and loss of leadership during the Phyrexian invasion, the master assassin Etrata has been at loose ends
This obviously causes a great deal of issues for your table and can also be built around by including incredibly expensive spells to hit