Noncopy effects that have already applied to Identity Thief will continue to apply to it
Mid Game Strategy: Blink, Recursion, and Board Control Once your commander hits the battlefield, the deck shifts into control mode
Then we re-examined Emet near the end of set design and made a few changes to increase his usefulness in two-player games, namely Standard
Vraskas Contempt is a welcome removal spell, one thats perfect at dealing with all of the indestructible creatures, most notably Hazoret the Fervent
Tidus rewards you for doing this by letting you draw cards and proliferate (add more counters), while his partner Yuna helps get your creatures on the board with extra counters to start
Prevent that Villainous Wealth or Torment of Hailfire of reaching X = 15, dont allow the voltron player to keep their Rogues Passage and get rid of that Urzas Saga before it can tutor up an artifact