Another common situation when splashing is opening a hand with your splash card, but no mana to cast it
Either think ahead and get the cards you need early, before they spike, or plan on waiting a week or two for the card's price to normalize as sellers race toward the bottom
I love a commander with a removal mechanic, and Kelsien requires minimal set up to get going
Having three mana dorks (including Deathrite) in the list is a little extreme given how cheap the deck is but two of them are doing other very useful things as well, some of the things you make are mana intense, it allows you to skimp a little more on lands and it gives you extra burst
Below you'll find a financial breakdown of each SL in this superdrop, with the current cheapest value of every card
Shalai, Voice of Plenty is great to have in the sideboard against decks that use a lot of removal