You can also trash a card from your hand to shut down your opponents On Play effects until the end of their next turn, preventing them from using the triggers they want and giving you an advantage
Staples often include bread-and-butter effects like removal, card draw, and board wipes, as opposed to niche or specific cards like typal payoffs or lifegain effects
These effects are desirable in Commander as it plays with cards such as Doubling Season which are evergreen in the format
In addition, previously rated tier-two and three decks are seeing a huge burst towards the top
Backing up the Chaplain is Blight Pile, which gives us a way to close out the game without attacking (which is especially important for defenders since they literally can't attack unless we have something like Arcades on the battlefield) by draining the opponent equal to the number of defenders we control
Max speed is 4.) Max speed At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library