Elspeth can come down in the mid-game since she costs five mana, either establishing a board presence with her first two abilities or destroying a problematic creature of your opponents, making her a control players dream planeswalker
Theres also Faramir, Steward of Gondor, which cares about monarch, creates humans, and supports a mini-subtheme of the deck with legendary creatures mattering
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Last updated on March 15, 2026 Lost Monarch of Ifnir | Illustration by Piotr Dura Its that time of the year again when we get to crack open fresh packs of a new Magic set, and even more excitingly, mess around with some Commander precons
Also, because I like creatures, I also like to run creatures that search your library for a land and put it into your hand because they work like land tutors and help you both on staying on curve and on color fixing