This makes every Dragon spell feel powerful and rewarding, even without complicated combos
Sure, there are some other Merfolk, but drafting a bunch of Volshe Tideturners and Voda Sea Scavengers is already enough weaker than casting Captains Call as a baseline that its pretty easy to understand why this isnt a great idea
The original campaign was only going to be a short one anyway
It feels most at home with a commander like Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
For years, there werent a lot of ways to abuse this land, but with the printing of The Gitrog Monster and Titania, Protector of Argoth and the additional redundancy that Ramnunap Excavator adds to Crucible of Worlds style land recursion, its relatively easy for a focused Commander list to negate the downside on Lotus Vale and turn it into a permanent Black Lotus level ramp spell that cant easily be dealt with
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