Rather than talking about the bannings announced this week I decided I would try to stay positive
I can discard a big critter to take out a creature, and then reanimate the discarded critter
Mindcrank In a format like Commander, where players are always gaining life and losing life for various reasons, Mindcrank sits on the board like a parasite, insidiously turning the regular moments of Commander gameplay into bonus mill
This basically allows you to turn everything on your board into mana, and Ashnods Altar is a key part of any kind of deck that likes killing off its own Creature for profit
Three mana to Equip is steep enough, but five mana to cast really puts this out of reach for competitive formats
The spikey-haired Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER is your party leader, and it looks to correct a lot of weaknesses associated with equipment commanders by auto-equipping and creating Treasure tokens