How Final Fantasy 6 and The Series' Summons Play Into MTG Another big part of the Final Fantasy series is the presence of Summons, which are both sagas and creatures in Magic: The Gathering
Adam Prosak, the Core Set 2021 set design lead, was already working on a vertical cycle associated with the five monocolor planeswalkers in the set
But the format's rules are pretty different
For example in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt , the main strategies youll find when looking at the cards are blue-black Zombies, red-green Werewolves, green-white Humans, blue-white Spirits, and red-black Vampires, among a few others
Belakor doesnt help you ramp to your demons, but it does give you a massive wincon in the command zone, and being a Grixis commander gives you access to blue, which means you can use some of the cheaper, powerful blue-touching demons from 40k like Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
What's more, it cuts off how much a player can do by keeping their Lands tapped for a full extra turn