New card sets releasing every few months
Once youve completed all of the goals, youre rewarded with a small set of cards you can add to your deck, and instruction for those cards new mechanic
Im also a huge proponent of punishing greedy mana bases
If you do, that Background functions as a second commander for your deck
If I had to list some honorable mentions, they would be as follows: Cavalier of Flame for its role with Fires of Invention Brine Elemental for its role in Pickles Guile for its role in Sonic Boom Fulminator Mage for blowing up all the lands All of the cool Shadowmoor elementals, like Ashenmoor Gouger and Plumeveil (and, hey, I guess Fulminator Mage!) So that's that
Commanding Conclusion Jerren, Corrupted Bishop | Illustration by Yongjae Choi As you can see, while lifegain and recursion are among the most common ways to build around cleric commanders, there are many other abilities they can bring to the table, especially with the introduction of backgrounds