mtg background cards rules Commander question : r/magicTCG How do backgrounds work if

If youre starting out with a smaller playgroup, we recommend starting small (180 or 360)

That land becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature in addition to its other types

LAND (39) Blood Crypt Bojuka Bog Crosiss Catacombs Crumbling Necropolis Island 6 Izzet Boilerworks Jwar Isle Refuge Mountain 5 Reliquary Tower Shizo, Deaths Storehouse Spinerock Knoll Steam Vents Swamp 14 Tainted Isle Tainted Peak Temple of the False God Watery Grave This deck has in it the flexibility to be the beatdown and enough elements of control to play the long game

It's pretty much a toss-up

Perhaps its the power dynamic created by untapped Islands, the idea that you suddenly need to wait for your opponents permission on every attempted play