Tournament entry tickets for the event will go on sale July 14, 2026.
One is that you have control over when to use the effect and are able to save it until you have all your mana spare to abuse and the other is that the hands only last a turn and so any sorcery speed cards they draw will be useless if used in your turn
You have to build your EDH deck differently to ensure you can protect your fragile walker, and the best of the bunch have multiple unique abilities that are great fun to build around
Later in the game, Shalai provides a great way to dump your mana into her second ability to start adding tons of +1/+1 counters to your board
Later, if the owner has 4 or more other legendary creatures in play, they can pay only 2 mana and tap Clives Hideaway to sneak that creature onto the field
Single-target pump spells are rarely seen in Commander outside of Poison decks, because their effect - helping a single creature win a single combat - is so small compared to the infinite combos, massive token armies, and other nonsense that the format is known for