Shellfish Scholar Cost: (was) 2/2 (was 3/2) Thought Rattle Gains: You gain 1 life for each Rat card in your hand
Most Commander decks are going to want the vast majority of the remaining cards to be creatures, but if youre playing a deck that only cares about a different type of card, say instants or enchantments, then youll likely want to finish the deck off with those instead
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant Our highest-scoring Blue card, creature, and second highest scoring legendary card is this dork
This is a Five Color (the format) essential
If you just cast it normally, theres a good chance you hit nothing, and the 3-mana effect is just Coercion, a card that generally isnt playable in Limited
If Elenda, the Dusk Rose werent being reprinted into Blood Rites, it would be at the top of our list as a potential upgrade