The Art of Deviation Generally, in a tribal deck, you want to avoid playing creatures that aren't of your tribe if possible
It does what it needs to do very well, and being able to only leave one mana up and destroy any creature is something that most decks can do comfortably
Tribute Mage, while a much newer card, has quickly secured a position in my blue decks as well, though Ill admit, its mostly to fetch mana rocks
VI also introduces summons, creatures that fight for the player for a limited time
It was the first year of the product, and those decks were massively under-printed compared to the sets released from 2013 to now
Tellah, Great Sage Its hard to stomach a 5-mana 3/3, commander or not, but theres promise to firing off a huge burn spell and essentially doubling up on the damage with Tellah, Great Sages last ability