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The spark came from an Instagram reel by a creator named missing.lands, which highlighted the cards specific utility in the Commander format

And a couple of Curse of the Bloody Tomes can allow you to deck your opponent before you deck yourself

Phenax Is Instant-Speed Pressure: Since Phenax grants the ability at instant speed, you can mill during opponents' end steps, dodge removal, and always threaten the win

Simply put, it meant there were a lot of things I didn't understand because they weren't taught to me and weren't in the Starter 99 rules my sibling and I were using at the time

Redemption Choir has been great for me, and so anything below five mana that can repeatedly reanimate is worth a look