There's a newly revealed Magic: The Gathering card that made me stop and go "Woah. Really?" It's Stirring Hopesinger, a bird bard with a very strong buffing ability. This motivational speaker has an effect which puts a +1/+1 counter on all of your creatures whenever you cast an instant or sorcery that targets a creature. With this, it can build an army of even tiny tokens up into a potent force in no time at all.
It honestly doesn't feel fair. Your removal spells are now mass-pump as well? But the Secrets of Strixhaven card gets truly bonkers when it's combined with an all-time great MTG commander: Feather, the Redeemed.
According to EDHREC's rankings, Feather is the 140th most popular commander in all of Magic: The Gathering, and the third best Boros commander, behind Arabella, Abandoned Doll and Ragost, Deft Gastronaut.
It's easy to see why. This angry angel's ability lets you put combat tricks and other cards that target your own creatures back into your hand at the end of your turn. The usual gameplan is to chain together as many cheap spells as possible, turning silly little cantrips into premier card draw, and using mana-making creatures like Runaway Steam-Kin and Storm-Kiln Artist to keep the party going.
Even though Feather doesn't run that many creatures, Stirring Hopesinger is still a must-have addition to this deck. It makes it laughably easy to build up a lethal board and even reduces your dependence on Feather ever-so-slightly. After all, even if your opponents can clip her wings, you'll still be left with a board full of former utility creatures that are now massive beaters.
While we're looking at tasty new cards for powerful commanders, I wanted to mention that Sheoldred the Apocalypse is getting absolutely loaded up with goodies in this set. Not only do we get a draw two lose two spell that activates every turn with Decorum Dissertation, there's also Scheming Silvertongue, one of those 'prepared' creatures, which can use Sign in Blood every turn.
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