This stage is about laying the groundwork for your deck and keeping yourself as non-threatening as possible against any aggressive players
It really deserves that #1 slot
Its a way of judging the power of Commander decks
Instant Removal (CTRL to add secondary) Tokens Idol of False Gods , : Create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add ." Whenever another Eldrazi you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this artifact
For example, Ancient Tomb, was printed as an uncommon card in Tempest before the set symbol showed the rarity , in TCGplayer, youll see that it fetches quite a price
The Third Doctor is all about non-creature tokens, giving you a Treasure, Clue, or Food when he ETBs, and growing bigger for each of them you have