See rule 702.29, Cycling. 702.29a: Cycling is an activated ability that functions only while the card with cycling is in a players hand
The secondary commander Aragorn, King of Gondor gives the deck a monarch theme that gives the deck a lot of incremental value without weakening the core strategy
You can increase your speed on the same turn that you set speed at 1 from 0, so its likely that you can ensure you draw 2 at the endstep the turn you play this, which is a pretty good rate all things considered
CASUAL, TO ME First of all, everybodys expectations for what constitutes a casual game are different and there is no cat-egorical, dog-matic rule for how to build a deck that qualifies or disqualifies itself as casual
Theres just something enjoyable about a flying beater that grows with each sacrificed permanent that also reanimates things whenever she attacks
DUSKMOURN COMMANDER: BLUE Fear of Sleep Paralysis is one I am all too acquainted with