In a battle between this guy and a Blue Eyes White Dragon , I think I know which dragon is coming out on top 5
To answer this question, we first need to discuss the elephant in the room: FlickerFlicker effects
Think of these as the three pillars of Pokmon card value
And thats especially true for First Edition base set cards as the price tags in recent times have exploded to levels previously thought impossible
Ramp This deck doesn't contain a hefty ramp package outside the standard set of mana rocks, but it doesn't need it: the deck runs a lot of low-cost spells with effects that work especially well with Deadpool, Trading Card, so the standard mana rock package (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and one more two-mana artifact) should be enough
While Abzan toughness decks can absolutely assemble massive walls and defenders, the archetype struggles to keep pace with faster value engines in todays Commander meta