mtg commander starter decks I currently know zero about but picked up my first deck and card sleeves last night. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations on any cards that would be the Chaos Incarnate Starter Commander Deck delivers a robust and satisfying Magic experience. Starter Commander Deck (First Flight)

While the stock, budget, and mid-cost version of this deck all relied on King of Hearts to lock down exerted characters, the sad truth is that King of Hearts is a weak, over-priced, and under-statted character

Here's an easy example: the ancillary card slot could contain a very expensive Arcane Signet or a just-as-expensive Chulane, Teller of Tales, or it could contain a common gain land like Thornwood Falls

In the rare case where enough -1/-1 counters are put on Aerith Gainsborough at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got those -1/-1 counters will be used to determine the value of X in Aerith Gainsborough's third ability

Puppets Verdict While Puppet's Verdict is worded like a board wipe, its easier to see its potential if you think of it as a spell that removes just a couple creatures