Not only do spellslinger commanders knock off opponents, you get to play some famously competitive cards like: Ponder, Treasure Cruise, and Vandalblast
Whether it's fishing, blitzball, or even playing cards (when I learned Magicked Card was a mount, I knew it had to be a card), there's always something else besides combat to do here
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Coincidentally, Talrand happens to be in the mono-color that most often wants to cast instants and sorceries
Some games they have a Courser and you see what they draw, sometimes you hit them with a Gitaxian Probe and find out the horrors that await you
This card will likely never see play again