pokemon arceus vstar card 084/100 VSTAR Power Ability — Starbirth During your turn Arceus VSTAR GG70 Crown Zenith

This means you must continue to represent that token with a physical object wherever it is

Saruman feels more like a twist on the Grixis (blue-black-red) spellslinger archetype, truly playing into a token army strategy using a massive X/X Orc Army to deal massive damage

I have seen it facilitate mill wins, I have seen it undo the work of a Vampiric Tutor, and I have seen it simply clear away a terrifying card that was revealed by a Courser of Kruphix

Turn two you're forced to choose between playing your 2-drop and your commander, and then turn 3 you have to decide between whichever you didn't choose and whatever good 3-drops you may have access to

The logic is this: your deck should be able to do things at every point in the game

Something very notable about LotR for me is that the books are basically the single most influential work of their genre