world shaper mtg commander deck Edge of Eternities: Unboxing + Value Hits! Merfolk Shaman World Shaper & Counter Intelligence

Like a true red deck, Animated Army incentivizes playing it aggro but your elementals only activating on your turn makes you particularly vulnerable to returned attacks

As annoyed as I was by my rotten luck after the fact (buy single cards instead if you know what you need!), there was no denying that the overall experience was also fun

Its integral to the archetype

Your Rakdos commanders and nearly everything in the deck work in service of lowering life totals and wrapping up the game as quickly as possible

The fact of the matter is that it IS a mechanic in Magic and it is the centerpiece strategy in a deck that I believe is a very strong choice in current Standard