Droll & Lock Bird With the increase in new search methods like Power Vice, Crimson Gaia, and Hell Core, this has become one of the hand traps that is most likely to stop your plays if used
Politically, its difficult to know whether or not having a lot of Energy is good, let alone what number is dangerous, since other players arent sure how to value Energy as a resource
Promo tracking adds another layer: the PC exclusive Charmander SVP044 promo (~$72 raw), the standard ETB Charizard ex promo, and B&B stamp variants were each sold through separate channels with no overlap
While I primarily rank these based on expected strength, new commanders must also compete against their peers: Commanders that exist within well-explored archetypes without adding anything new or are obviously worse than existing commanders within their niche naturally fall lower than something innovative that offers a truly unique build-around
This drove up the cards price, as looping two copies of We Know the Way is effectively the decks win condition