Jumbo Cactuar Basically a 'win the game' card Deals 10K damage Pair with indestructible/hexproof Jumbo Cactuars 10,000 Needles ability is not only a total flavor win but is also one of the wildest pieces of rules text Ive ever seen on a Magic card
This will have the benefit of making the deck less reliant on creatures to win and leaning more into a card type the (generally speaking) has the least removal for it floating around in the format
Let's say you're playing a deck with a bunch of midrangey creatures that happen to have cycling, like Archfiend of Ifnir, Curator of Mysteries, Krosan Tusker, or whatever powerful cyclers we end up with in Ikoria Standard
Last updated on January 29, 2026 Ancestral Recall | Illustration by Mark Poole Ancestral Recall draws you three cards for 1 mana, making it the best of Alpha s boon cycle, one of the Power Nine, and banned in almost all formats including EDH
You can use his ability to aggressively attack with Gyome for Commander Damage and then force them to make tough blocking decisions thanks to him potentially becoming indestructible at instant speed
The bones of that game are in those notebooks from the mid-90s