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A lot of the decks in this format are centered around trying to do something powerful or pulling off a multiple-card combo, and if you manage to stop them from executing it, it doesnt really matter how you win the game afterwards as they wont usually have anything going

In fact, this is one of the very rare occasions when that will be a good thing

It feels like playing two Demonic Tutors

As always, please bear in mind that our focus here is not necessarily competitive but rather on thematic, archetypical commanders

After the first Pro Tour, a player who ran two copies in his Top 8 deck declared that you could only compete in Standard if you played Land Tax or Necropotence