Ive regularly used Sword of the Ages to kill folks over the years, and its kind of like that
Avoiding expensive permanents is also much harder given that multiplayer tends to incentivize permanent-centric play, and that the ability to generate and use large sums of mana is often important
With Saruman, the White Hand amassing Armies of Orcs and the Lord of the Nazgl leading the Ringwraiths, this deck seeks to wear its opponents out of resources before overwhelming them with a final decisive combat strike led by Sauron, Lord of the Rings himself
I honestly didn't think much of this card until I playtested older versions of this deck and realized it's actually the perfect designed commander for it
Undying Rage: a heavier version of Rancor
They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying Whenever this creature mutates, create a red artifact token named Feather with ", Sacrifice this token: Return target Phoenix card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped." Flying Whenever this creature mutates, create a red artifact token named Feather with ", Sacrifice this token: Return target Phoenix card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped." Creature - Phoenix Gemrazer Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own