Wrap Up Brenard, Ginger Sculptor | Illustration by Marta Nael Creating custom cards is honestly a lot of fun, and there are plenty of reasons to do it, from a desire to stretch your creative muscles as you come up with the Next Great Magic Card to a desire to sneak some sentimentality into your next Commander deck
At the time of this writing the standard rotation includes the Throne of Eldraine set onward, including Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Neyali is a commander that cares about tokens, so you should aim to go wide with cards like Triplicate Spirits or planeswalkers that make tokens
If you are regularly able to get the five colors of mana with stuff like mana rocks and lands, then they are all reliable 5-drops, and that increases their value appreciably
Path of Ancestry is yet another commander-centric card that works to lower that cost, if only a bit
The combination of limited-edition direct-sales product line and non-fantasy outside IP touched a lot of nerves, but the really big precedent was the decision to print these as mechanically unique, tournament-legal cards ensuring that Rick, Steadfast Leader would soon go down in history as an unlikely staple of tournament Magic