It also plays well with the generic counters matter Bant archetypes that was just released and is Standard-legal, where you can grab all sorts of counters for this
The Verdict First Flights strategy is definitely nice and simple for new players
Assuming you can cast enough spells using that engine, the Ascendancy even provides a possible win condition as that mana accelerant will reach twenty power eventually
Prince Naveen, Ukulele Player Enchanted Rare ($181) The hapless idiot who gets himself transformed into a frog in animated movie, The Princess and the Frog, Prince Naveen previously appeared in the Lorcana set, Rise of the Floodborn, as a standard, Common card
4-mana 3/3 flyers haven't done very well lately, they just aren't efficient enough when they don't have an enters trigger -- and this doesn't have one
Layer in my fandom for Stranger Things on Netflix, in part because D&D plays a hugely flavorful role with the main characters, and once the Stranger Things Secret Lair arrived at my door, I mashed all those fandoms together in a Commander deck I called Friends Forever Playing D&D, featuring Eleven, the Mage and Mike, the Dungeon Master as my commanders