The ante rule was soon made optional because of these restrictions and because of players' reluctance to possibly lose a card that they owned
A card with one of the elements missing (no lore)
The jury is still out on whether hes better than existing blue finishers like Keiga, the Tide Star, Sphinx of Jwar Isle, Palinchron, and Frost Titan, but hes definitely up there and only got edged out of the top 5 blue cards in 2011 because of insane competition
By putting them in plain sight, youre making them visible and eliminating the barriers associated with studying
This applies to both the Main and Extra Deck respectively
With so much support for defenders built up over the years and such intriguing designs, its no wonder that defenders and walls and toughness-matters cards are popular to build around in Commander