mtg best budget commander decks 2026 Shower Thoughts: Ten Budget Commanders

P/T Number 316 Language English Legal Formats Brawl, Commander, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Timeless, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Pauper, Standard Rulings (2/2/2024) Clue is an artifact type

Each placement triggers an event that hits prior to combat

They are trying to keep the people placid, trying to make joining the resistance resistible

Sure, itll save your creature from several removal spells, keep it alive in combat, or ambush fliers, but it wont help it trade up in combat or get in the last several surprise points of damage

Demonic Consultation Regardless of how you feel about Demonic Consultation, since its most common use ostensibly goes against what the card was actually designed to do, you cant deny its impact on modern-day EDH

This card has been reprinted once before, but only in another Secret Lair drop, so it doesnt really count