What are the weaknesses and retreat cost of this Steelix card
they're basically auto-lose, I can't imagine them winning even 1 out of 10 matches Split the whole community in three groups: 1st: believes the whole game is rigged, manaflood, manascrew, perfect draw 2nd: believes the 1st group is insane because they call wolf and MAYBE believing in conspiracy 3rd: does not care at all, plays the game like it is, says everything is luck I can tell you from more than 1,500 matches in BO1 (best of 1/3) with nearly the same deck and reaching mythic with Tier 2-3 deck, it's possible, you have to overcome a few mind-hurdles: you have to know when to mulligan and when to keep, you have to remind yourself: did my play was ok or risky: do they have a counterspell, boardclear and what not
How to build a lifegain Commander deck A reliable ratio for a 99-card deck, on top of your commander: ~3638 lands see our full EDH mana base guide for the counts and untapped-dual priorities
If you can stare at a bunch of Alpha card corners/backs, and pick the questionable card out of the bunch every time for looking slightly off, then you may have cause for suspicion
Previous Secret Lair precon decks, like last year's adorable puppies and kittens deck, and the angels deck with the stupid name, have sold out swiftly and currently fetch extravagant prices on the secondary market
However, it can be a lot of fun to play these with a Commander pod that has agreed to their legality, especially this time of year