Karlov of the Ghost Council Karlov of the Ghost Council is your lifegaining Orzhov commander for when your play group soft bans Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
I dont know about you, but I can't stand it when I cant do something I want to
The promo packs arent given out as much as before the pandemic, so that might not be much of a thing for too long
If we can get a Worldfire and a Gitaxian Probe in the graveyard over the first two turns of the game, we can cast a Spellweaver Helix on turn three, then cast a Gitaxian Probe for its phyrexian mana cost to get our copy of Worldfire
Landfall strategies appear poised to take over the title of best deck in the format, but in this Standard format, being thought of as the best deck is usually a good recipe for being beat the very next weekend
While there's no certainty where these alt-arts may settle in the long term, it's clear that even with a big pullback from their heights, the alt-arts are here to stay as some of the most expensive cards in the SwSh era and beyond