Imodane, the Pyrohammer | Illustration by Chris Rahn A burn commander is a legendary creature with the express goal of winning games via direct damage to opponents
Darcy's static ability feeding into Murktide's Delve for cost reduction is simply terrifying - and they also synergize amazingly well with duplicate copies (Darcy letting future Darcies come in as 3/3 flyers, Murktide growing if a second copy enters play for cheap)
For example, the commander, Isperia, Supreme Judge, may allow you to draw lots of cards if an opponent goes full send at you in combat, but there aren't a lot of ways in the deck to prevent the damage to give yourself time to play those cards
And thats when it occurred to me: cycling discards a card for profit
And while it is far from our primary goal, every once in a while, we pick up a win by playing a couple of 5/4 fliers, hoping our opponent doesn't draw a removal spell, and beating our opponent down in the air