Let's take a quick look at what each deck does: Basri, Devoted Paladin Play a bunch of creatures and smother them in +1/+1 counters
Everyone gets on the same page and makes sure that the game youre all about to play is the most fun you can have together
Trostani, Three Whispers Savage Knuckleblade numbers are always welcome, and Trostani, Three Whispers will make your opponent regret they let you get to a big board stall
Of course, as Commander grew in popularity, so too did the popularity of prevalence of this monowhite lifegain card that fits perfectly into a lifegain-focused Cat deck, for which there are myriad synergies (many of which can be found here)
Card advantage, on the other hand, increases the number of cards you have , improving your odds of finding something useful simply by drawing more
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