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At Summer Game Fest 2025 in Los Angeles, we spoke with Daniel Holt, the Senior Game Designer at Wizards of the Coast, who led the design and creation of the Final Fantasy Commander Decks

Commanders like Iroh, Grand Lotus benefit from the cost reduction

Once you can generate infinite mana, you can simply activate Urza repeatedly, effectively giving you the ability to cast every spell in your deck for free until you win the game in one form or another

Along the way, there are plenty of obvious winners: cards that become pro tournament staples, others that skyrocket in price due to rarity and usefulness, and everything in between