I generally look for games that have room to breathe, that arent racing for a quick combo kill, and in such games, expensive commanders are certainly playable, especially if they are impactful
A good way to give it a counter is Biophagus, a new 2-drop mana dork
The deck then adds 4 copies each of Lovestruck Beast and Professor of Symbology, and 3 copies of Poet's Quill which can fetch a number of different lesson cards with different abilities, providing additional card advantage
Typings Effect TCG Date 2026-02-05 OCG Date 2025-10-25 Card Text You can send up to 5 Level 10 or lower "B.E.S." monsters with different names from your hand and/or Deck to the GY
Consuming Tide can also draw you some cards if you happen to have fewer cards in hand than your opponents (or you bounced a ton of permanents back)
Undermountain Adventurer A 4-mana dork with vigilance would be an alright card alone, but Undermountain Adventurer juices things up by taking the initiative