The popularity and playability of the Black Lotus became a detriment to the card itself, causing players to use many of the original 1,008 Alpha Black Lotuses in competitive play, auction house PWCC said of the rarity of finding a Black Lotus in such condition
Some of my older friends remember a day where the Esper Professor was slinging Emeria Angel, Baneslayer Angel, and Jace, the Mind Sculptor in Standard, mauling the competition with the perfect mix of creatures and spells
Boros commanders are no stranger to aggressive tactics involving artifact creatures
Whenever you play against a Red deck that suspiciously seems to be playing a lot of basics lands, you need to be aware of Blood Moon and play around it accordingly, lest you lose the ability to cast spells for the rest of the game.
If we have lands and our commander, we can start making tokens and really start drawing into our value engines