Only being able to have seven copies in your deck is some good flavor, but in EDH, it means it's almost impossible to build up the critical mass that you need
You'll put a time counter on it at the beginning of your upkeep, and once you have at least one you'll be able to Time Travel (or proliferate) them to either of your hearts' content!
We didn't want Gerrard (and Mirri) to be a Weatherlight crew member when the story began because we liked the Weatherlight crew coming to get him and him being reluctant to return
Paradise Mantle Market Price: $11.59 Here's another source of infinite mana, this time with Pili-Pala and Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy: You don't even have to produce excess mana to break Mantle: you can do that with Freed from the Real and creatures whose abilities trigger when they're tapped, like Kilo, Apogee Mind (netting you infinite proliferates) or Unctus, Grand Metatect (infinite draw triggers and loots)
If youre looking for something a bit different or if black really appeals to you Krrik, Son of Yawgmoth is the ideal Life-fgain commander
