Collectors who played competitive during the original BW era are treating Black Bolt as their primary set
Number 165 Language English Legal Formats Brawl, Commander, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Legacy, Timeless, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard Rulings (11/10/2020) Even though the card is named after a specific character, controlling any commander will satisfy its condition
Imagine your opponent trying to play Oko, Thief of Crowns or one of the Teferi planeswalkers, and you just turn them into Llanowar Elves or some useless 1/1 token
Plus, in a pinch (or when we're playing a combo deck), we can always run Gatekeeper of Malakir out as a 2/2 for two, which isn't great but is still another creature to benefit from our various lords
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