It has since become apparent that this deck is full of incredible cards that have been in the meta for Amethyst decks for six months now - including some rares
Half of deck feel is consistency: readable frames, clear text, and art you actually like looking at
It makes your instant and sorcery spells cheaper, leading to cheap removal and counters, and it opens the door for Storm-like combos with the new jump-start mechanic
So that's a few thousand more, so the Commander community disagrees with me by a bit but I'm sure you can see why I went in this order
While its one of the more heavily costed Elder Dragons of the cycle, the Elder Dragon sees fringe play in Modern and Historic
It would take four copies of Liliana to come close to breaking even, and youd still lose out on a few bucks