And in most cases this is still true, but if your deck is focused entirely on getting extra value out of Treasure tokens or tokens in general (Chatterfang, Squirrel General), this goes from terrible to playable
By paying the shift cost, which is usually lower than playing it normally, you can shift it on top of a character you already control with the same name
Obviously powerful cards like Inevitable Betrayal, Restore Balance and Rousing Refrain can do some massive lifting when playing them for minuscule costs and even a card like Mox Tantalite becomes very playable in this deck
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Play your first non-commander card after like nine turns of just putting down lands
It's certainly debatable which of the precon commanders is better, but both also play great in the 99s of the other, so don't worry about it too much.