I like using By Force to remove early mana rocks
Would you like the ability to do it from the command zone
Dawn's Truce With a bit of diplomacy, Dawn's Truce turns into a full-blown fortress
While broken and unique are not the same, Painter's Servant happens to be both
The characteristic/iconic splits for each color are as follows: Iconic in Iconic Masters refers to the iconic creature types for each color, not the usual English definition of iconic. A number of development diaries leading up to the set explained this divergence, but most Magic players dont engage with that sort of content
Just attacking with this for 5 is like a big burn spell, it works well with Undying Evil, and even if you lose this, the renew ability distributing decayed counters paves the way for big attacks