Even without the potential to end the game out of nowhere, Gravecrawler is an unbelievably efficient source of sacrifice fodder
Meanwhile, Black-Red may not be White, but it does offer some valuable sideboard options
Because of this, Mystic Forges third ability provides both card filtering (by getting rid of cards we don't need) and card advantage: Any time we find a spell we're happy to cast, it's like having drawn an extra card
Is Xenagos, God of Revels your MTG commander of choice? It's time to retire your grimy old playmat and turn it into a mousepadyour EDH deck deserves better
Taking the first three turns off is crippling, and later on its still difficult to double-spell or hold up interaction with such clunky mana costs
We'll toss those cards and replace them with something better in the following section