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And so there was a lot of discussion of, all right, what are characters that people would absolutely love to see, but we don't want to make them into a pair because technically the main version is dead, and it would be really weird to have a dead character and then their alternate version in the main set when we're pairing everything." He explains that in the Commander deck they could just include the alternate version

In some cases, you may have Manaphy waiting in the Active spot, but only Electric energy generating each turn

Note that both of these can kill Vees which are artifacts not something Black is good at, hence them hitting here on my first list

Additionally, Dialga-ex has only 2 retreat costs

Virtue of Persistence $6.14 Another Golgari/Sultai Graveyard enabler, this card also feels like it's too slow to matter in most cases, as casting this at around turn 7 might not be enough to turn the tables towards your favor, but it does help players rebuild quickly from board wipes without fear of getting counterspelled, putting the pressure on the opponent