With Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty releasing in paper somewhat imminently, I decided to take one last look over the full set to take stock of the things I would need to get my grubby little paws on to properly tinker with my Commander decks. As I went through, card by card, it began to dawn on me just how many great individual tools there are in this set to bolster a tremendous amount of different decks and strategies. As I was furiously taking notes on where different cards might fit, I got to thinking™. I really wanted to take a step back and take a serious look at the ways my favorite cards from this set appealed to my Magic sensibilities — using these new cards from Kamigawa, perhaps I could better evaluate the types of cards in the abstract that I tend to gravitate towards, and achieve a greater understanding my own deck building processes. Prone as I am to rabbit holes of self-reflection, particularly in terms of my relationship with Commander, I wanted to see if I could find the language to discuss not so much the qualities of decks I want to build, but what defines the individual cards I want to be building with. A brand new set on the precipice of release just seemed like a great time to take this dive.

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