Solemn Simulacrum, Nevinyrral's Disk, Skullclamp, and Soul of New Phyrexia join Commander's Sphere and Sol Ring on the list of the 1,000 most played cards in the format
I didnt think For ten mana, this card exiles half of an opponents library, gets at least three +1/+1 counters (going by average mana values), making it a 10/10 most of the time when it enters with a Ward - Annihilator 2 level of built-in protection, and, again, likely Annihilator 3 if you exile at least a permanent card with a mana value of three from half your opponents deck (again, this is being conservative)
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That means if you are casting your mill win cons against a graveyard literate deck, which is very common in Commander and other kitchen table formats, that the milled stuff won't hit the graveyard or trigger their Syr Konrad, the Grim
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Giving your opponents no maximum hand size certainly seems to hurt the overall strategy but at the same time, triggering the Commander consistently while also helping us dig through our deck, all the same, seems to be a powerful inclusion for the list
