The lowliest Elf can still represent a dangerous threat with their common ability to tap for mana, allowing you to ramp ahead of your opponents and get to your big threats quicker
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You can also use proliferate to increase the number of counters on the battle , making your opponents work harder to defeat it
With so many cards in hand, its fairly easy to cast some rituals and some free spells to win
While flicker decks have historically been better for adding blue, its now increasingly possible to get away without doing so
While mileage is going to vary based on the power level of the decks at the table, the general rule of thumb is that the more optimized your Commander pods decks are, the more value youre going to get out of this card