golgari cards mtg Commander Elf Deck - Lathril - Green Black - EDH -100 Card Whenever a nontoken creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield Golgari Thug | Ravnica Remastered

A perennial empty hand in EDH is tantamount to a death sentence because it a) signals to your opponents you have no response to the moves they make, and b) means you have no response to the moves they make

Obviously this is much better, all the things it does are more proactively good and relevant and it is a much much higher power level of card

Now, why isn't Ignite the Beacon more respected

The design changed drastically, becoming more consistent with MTG cards in appearance and layout

Im running the middle options: shock lands like Blood Crypt or Watery Grave, and the new surveil lands like Thundering Falls

While effects like No Mercy destroy the attacking creature specifically, Michiko Konda has the possibility to start forcing opponents to sacrifice other key permanents, like their mana rocks or lands