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This card is hilarious and silly and cool and just screams commander

The presence of several generate x creature tokens spells also means being on the lookout for token doublers / free additional value which are sparse in the blue black color identity but still worth mentioning, and being aware of payoffs people may wish to slot to try and win the game

Brackets 4 and 5 are focused on a higher power or even a competitive experience

I find it really interesting as a Modern deck in its infancy with results that offer a proof of concept and enough options that it has to have an enormous amount of room to grow

Artisan presents an epic threat with annihilator and brings back an additional creature to diversify your board

They took a genuine WotC-era holographic card and removed the ink using chemicals, leaving just the holographic surface (including the Galaxy Star pattern)