Choose your colors (or colortheres nothing wrong with playing a monocolor deck!), then select a good all-around commander that matches those colors
Because of the sheer flexibility of the dork, I suspect that the Hooded Hydra will prove to be among the top five Hydras for casual play of all time
Its a bit unassuming, and you dont really want to try that hard to interact with it when its not a creature, unlike some of the better, kill-on-sight blink commanders like Brago, King Eternal
Mark Rosewater has noted that the set is a "little cycle heavy"
The deck's focus is now shifted from a combo win to winning with huge beaters using cards like Ethereal Armor and Ancestral Mask or a massive token army with Archon of Sun's Grace and Sigil of the Empty Throne
Achieving a top-tier grading score on vintage 1st Edition cards is notoriously difficult due to factory print lines, poor centering, and sensitive silver foil edges, while age itself also plays a role