Choosing Our Commander There's three potential commanders to lead the deck: the new face commander Sliver Gravemother, the other new option Rukarumel, Biologist, and the reprint option Sliver Hivelord
It did introduce Derevi, Empyrial Tactician, which has gone on to become a staple stax commander
The main reason for Lugia VSTARs power rests in its Summoning Star VSTAR ability
Another strategy only possible with what Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation provided was a control deck built around just one card: Alex Lloyd won Grand Prix Atlanta in 2017 using Lloyd's win came over Magic Rivals Player and Hall of Famer Ben Stark who played a Desert-focused third flavor of the mono-red aggro deck already covered
However, that low mana cost does come with a couple of downsides
If you don't have seven or more cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen