Don't get me wrong, there's serious stuff to deal withmutant monsters, irradiated food, ruthless raiders But there's so much charm and strangeness to the world that you can't help but fall in love with it, rads and all
Mill works very well, probably better in Commander than any other format
Blue mages also care about control and proving themselves the smartest, and their primary method of defending themselves is by outthinking the opponent represented in-game with countermagic that proves they held the answer before the opponent considered the threat, and card advantage that symbolizes how much the blue mage has studied
Even relatively tame cards and ideas like Cocoon or Balduvian Conjurer have a distinctly creepy look about them
If you've never played FFVII, especially in the initial incarnation, getting Knights of the Round was quite the ordeal
Foils can curl or show small print lines