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Jeweled Lotus earned a lot of ire for looking like the most broken, uber-necessary mana accelerator for every Commander deck, but over time, most of us figured out the actual problem mana accelerator was Jeskas Will

Its been reprinted or functionally reprinted an absurd number of times and its original flavor text is absolutely iconic

its just super-Impulse that fuels your deck

Its difficult to identify just one thing

In no particular order, here is what I would consider meta decks: Regidrago VSTAR Toolbox (usually with Garbodor) Lugia VSTAR / Archeops with Double Dragon Energy Palkia VSTAR Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX Stall, usually focused on Wobbuffet [Phantom Forces] or Snorlax [Pokmon Go] Fusion Strike decks, either focused on Mew VMAX, or Turbo Meloetta (with Dimension Valley) Of course, you then have other archetypes like Lighting stuff, Dark stuff, Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX / Dragonite V, Tsareena V, etc