mtg aether revolt card Magic: The Gathering - The Gathering MTG Implement of Malice Aether

There are some counterspells and removal that give this deck a bit of a control subtheme, but it doesnt lean too heavily on it

Playing up the control aspect of the deck is also a good number of specialist Elves, as well as ways to get extra mana and cards to keep the deck going into mid and late-game

Turn 3: Sacrifice Haunted Dead to play Distended Mindbender (or Elder Deep-Fiend)

Even just paying one mana to turn this spell into a basic land card is going to be useful in some games, but being able to find any creature you need, especially in a format like Commander, can be the difference between winning and losing