mtg 2016 commander decks channeling the Maelstrom at Alaras center MTG / Commander 2016

The person who just struggled naturally putting Jund on board that hardcast a Charnelhoard Wurm , or the player that just cast Call the Coppercoats at instant speed before their turn and made 6 tokens, putting 6 more counters on their Champion of Lambholdt , triggering Sizzling Soloist 6 times

All of the cards in each of these scene boxes are pretty great though, not just FFIX

This card would greatly benefit decks focused on token generation, +1/+1 counters, or planeswalker abilities, as it effectively doubles the impact of these strategies

You also had to worry about running into Icy Manipulator

It also had Basalt Monolith, a card that goes infinite with a ham sandwich, and Juggernaut, a card that isn't great by today's standards, but at the time it was one of the best Creatures in the game

If you have multiples of Dragoons Lance and Red Mages Rapier (by far the most powerful of the equipment cards in terms of pressuring life totals early) and copies of Suplex or Slash of Light to force through those attacks, you can go all-in with finishers like Unexpected Request and Zidane, Tantalus Thief to steal games before the opponent gets going