The Strategy As usually happens in many Commander games, your goal in the early stages is to accelerate play with the use of mana rocks like Sol Ring and Arcane Signet and cast equipment and cost reducers like Puresteel Paladin or Danitha Capashen, Paragon
And with the blue/black color pair, you get the privilege of playing all the best single-target removal and counter spells in Standard
If you are ramping to it with lands like Cloudpost, Urza's Mine, or Eldrazi Temple, the net result of your ramp-age is to net a 12/12 with menace
35/102 Magikarp

1 Wildcard of any rarity A common (4.2%), uncommon (74.1%), rare (16.7%), or mythic rare (2.6%) from the Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender main set An uncommon scene card (less than 1%) A rare or mythic rare scene card (less than 1%) A rare or mythic rare field notes card (less than 1%) A rare or mythic rare battle pose card (less than 1%) A rare or mythic rare elemental frame card (less than 1%) A mythic rare borderless double-faced Saga card (less than 1%) 1 Rare or mythic rare A rare (80%) or mythic rare (12.6%) from the Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender main set A rare (1.6%) or mythic rare (less than 1%) scene card A rare (1.4%) or mythic rare (less than 1%) field notes card A rare or mythic rare battle pose card (less than 1%) A rare (2.4%) or mythic rare (less than 1%) elemental frame card A mythic rare borderless double-faced Saga card (less than 1%) 1 Traditional foil card of any rarity A common (53.9%), uncommon (36.7%), rare (6.7%), or mythic rare (1.2%) from the Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender main set An uncommon scene card (less than 1%) A rare or mythic rare scene card (less than 1%) A rare or mythic rare field notes card (less than 1%) A rare or mythic rare battle pose card (less than 1%) A rare or mythic rare elemental frame card (less than 1%) A mythic rare borderless double-faced Saga card (less than 1%) 1 Land card A non-foil common dual land (40%) A non-foil default frame basic land (20%) A non-foil Avatar's journey basic land (10%) A non-foil Appa basic land (10%) A traditional foil common dual land (10%) A traditional foil default frame basic land (5%) A traditional foil Avatar's journey basic land (2.5%) A traditional foil Appa basic land (2.5%) 1 Non-foil DFC helper card or double-sided token Note: Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding
