Rather, I want to pose a problem: Suppose that there's an Afflicted Deserter on the battlefield, and it's going to transform (because no spells were cast last turn.) If it transforms, its controller can destroy an artifact

Phantom Premonition Ranar the Ever-Watchful | Illustration by Kieran Yanner Commander (1) Creature (31) Angel of Finality Angel of Serenity Arcane Artisan Brago, King Eternal Burnished Hart Cloudblazer Cloudgoat Ranger Empyrean Eagle Ethereal Valkyrie Evangel of Heliod Flickerwisp Geist-Honored Monk Goldnight Commander Hero of Bretagard Inspired Sphinx Kor Cartographer Meteor Golem Mist Raven Mistmeadow Witch Mulldrifter Restoration Angel Sage of the Beyond Sea Gate Oracle Soulherder Stoic Farmer Sun Titan Surtland Elementalist Thunderclap Wyvern Vega, the Watcher Wall of Omens Whirler Rogue Instant (10) Behold the Multiverse Cosmic Intervention Eerie Interlude Ghostly Flicker Iron Verdict Momentary Blink Return to Dust Saw It Coming Synthetic Destiny Warhorn Blast Sorcery (8) Cleansing Nova Curse of the Swine Migratory Route Ravenform Spectral Deluge Storm Herd Tales of the Ancestors Windfall Enchantment (5) Banishing Light Day of the Dragons Ghostly Prison Marshal's Anthem Niko Defies Destiny Artifact (9) Arcane Signet Azorius Signet Commander's Sphere Marble Diamond Mind Stone Replicating Ring Sky Diamond Sol Ring Swiftfoot Boots Land (36) Azorius Chancery Azorius Guildgate Command Tower Cryptic Caves Gates of Istfell Glacial Floodplain Island x12 Meandering River Myriad Landscape Opal Palace Plains x13 Sejiri Refuge Tranquil Cove Commander, Theme, and Strategy With a blink theme, Phantom Premonition comes out on top between the two decks

The mayhem cost is equal to its mana cost
Green decks that lean into counters often struggle to close games efficiently
A seven-mana 5/5 flying creature with a ward of two mana, Emeritus of Ideation is an intimidating card to see on the battlefield before Ancestral Recall, a one-mana spell letting a target player draw three cards, is even considered
If it's Standard-legal, there will be a small D or E regulation mark