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Lacking any evasion this is actually more of a defensive tool than an aggressive one in this archetype

If you control your commander, this card can often stack up favorably with green finishers like Overrun while also protecting your creatures, giving them lifelink, and keeping them untapped in case you cant finish off everyone in one big swing

While these figures stop short of the historic highs set by Oko, Thief of Crowns (69% at Mythic Championship VI) or Omnath, Locus of Creation (72% at the 2020 Season Grand Finals), they leave little doubt about the central role these cards now play in Standard

If you use Ship + Sell, you wont know your exact payout until after theyve appraised everything, so it requires some trust in their grading

Getting to recast artifacts from your graveyard is quite situational because they dont end up in your graveyard as often as other card types