To compensate, But random discard was so much worse than normal discard, so no one played any of the red cards, Frenetic Ogre included
A consistent engine of card advantage, Phyrexian Arena is appreciated for its simplicity and reliability, making it a mainstay in decks that can afford the incremental life payments for sustained drawing power
The trouble was, most decks seemed to run both
Samwise Gamgee Samwise Gamgee isnt a very flashy commander, but itll allow you to have a more consistent game and works as a good historic commande.: You wont have to worry as much about your historic permanents being destroyed, and Sam's a great Food card: you can easily build in lifegain payoffs thanks to the Food tokens it makes
Mox Sapphire doesn't do anything more than provide a single blue mana, but the fact you could play as many of these artifacts as you wished on the first turn meant it was theoretically possible to have far more mana than your opponent if you received a lucky draw