I saw arguments that the color was too focused on countering other players actions rather than actually playing to win, but what took me some time to realize was that everybody loves sharing their hatred toward Blue until they are using that color themselves
Magic is an exciting strategy card game and Magic decks make cool gifts for teens and collectible card game fans
We balanced [Saga creatures] using the power, toughness and abilities to make sure it would be appropriate, but I think more interesting is, once theyre in play, what happens
One-mana landcycling is awesome, and the cards become a blue staple in many formats from Pauper to Legacy
Since you're filling your graveyard anyway, Victimize offers a lot of sustain to keep the Admiral Brass recursion going on high-value Pirates
The only problem with it is that because you're capped at one damage per draw, you're quite likely to deck yourself before you kill everyone at the table (in a four player Commander game, that is.) You're not locked in however