Getting into your graveyard is also crucial, if youre on a reanimator plan
Throughout the entire trip, the same amusing phrase kept running through my mind: Everything is bigger in Texas. When considered in the literal sense, this is probably hyperbole
Ishkanah, Grafwidow and The Swarmweaver both rely on delirium to turn on their key abilities, while Izoni, Center of the Web needs non-land cards in the yard to exile for her collect evidence trigger
This set marks the first since rules regarding set rotation have come into play, and therefore, the bulk of Fabled cards are reprints to allow some of the newly unusable cards to be allowed
In most cases, this actually makes Arcane Denial better than a normal Counterspell, thanks to the dynamics of four-player Commander
Based on this table, the average Atraxa deck falls between a tournament deck having 20 and 21 lands, which means over 30% of the time you wont have four lands by Turn 4