wolverine mtg card Spurred — Onslaught (ONS) | When Irascible Wolverine enters the battlefield Wolverine #22 Classified Artist Magic:

MTG has many ways to donate or make your opponents take control of your cards, and sometimes, your whole deck revolves around your opening to give them a lose condition

She reminds me of Zhur-Taa Ancient, except that big Beast would let every player make additional mana and Nikya benefits only her controller

So not only is he a strong commander in general, but people may also assume that you're playing a more competitive version of Zur instead of a jankier Cycling deck

Slash of Light performs well in this playstyle, especially when you want to punish a player before a Crippling Fear resolves

If the inkcaster belonged to them (their name is on the bottom, they may have been an Illumineer