Mardu Reanimator and the other various Reanimator variants outside of Abzan owe their existence to one of my favorite conversation starters: Hey, wouldnt it be funny if? What started out as a conversation about reanimating exclusively dragons (which would go on to become a shockingly competitive Jund deck) became a deck that could bridge the gap between castable threats and game-winning behemoths
More competitive players are catered for too, with larger tournaments, prerelease events, and special competitions held throughout the year
Dealing 100 on its first attack turn and then a whopping 200 on the next means Mega Blaziken from the XY Black Star Promos expansion has one of the deadliest 2-turn combos in the game
Riddlemaster Sphinx This was my top card in my Top Ten Commander Cards You Didn't Know Existed from last year, as this was never printed in a booster pack
Specifically, the mana value of Johann's Stopgap is always 4
The card is very like Balance, it is far more mana but it gives you way more control over the effect such that it is actually a lot easier to engineer favourable Clouds than it is for Balance