He still needed a five-color effect to let players play all their Towns in Commander, so we were missing a short ability that contained Designing cards to work well in both Standard and Commander is a common challenge, and this is a common solution: designing the core functionality around what works in two-player formats, then adding a splashy expensive ability that sells a big dream and cements the build-around
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Whether youre trying to level the playing field against a ramp-heavy opponent or recover from missing land drops, this pegasus offers a significant boost
Its hard to build Modern on a budget, since so many of the decks are completely defined by such expensive cards
Its not just mechanics and keywords that make a return here either, as there are a number of incredibly cool reprints that bring new cards into Modern from previous sets
It's different since you can sacrifice a creature in addition to an artifact