mtg best insect cards What is the top commander in Magic The Gathering? Deadly Insect - Mercadian Masques

Authority of the Consuls is in the deck as a cheap enchantment that will give you life for creatures entering the battlefield under an opponents control

The downsides are firstly the life management, but Im sure a navigated player can leverage this resource as they need

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Example Decklist: Grixis Shadow | Modern | _Logic_, 5-0 MTGO League Creatures (14) 2 Grim Lavamancer 2 Scourge of the Skyclaves 2 Snapcaster Mage 4 Death's Shadow 4 Sprite Dragon Instants (14) 2 Drown in the Loch 2 Temur Battle Rage 3 Lightning Bolt 3 Stubborn Denial 4 Fatal Push Sorceries (9) 1 Unearth 2 Expressive Iteration 2 Inquisition of Kozilek 4 Thoughtseize Artifacts (4) 4 Mishra's Bauble Lands (19) 1 Island 1 Mountain 1 Swamp 1 Fiery Islet 1 Steam Vents 2 Blood Crypt 2 Scalding Tarn 2 Watery Grave 4 Bloodstained Mire 4 Polluted Delta 3

Kazandu Mammoth et al don't count as lands for the Explore trigger.) One thing that Merfolk Branchwalker does well is that it can often have good stats right out of the gate