mtg control cards Rules Text: Creatures you gain, 181 Control | Magic: The Gathering

Pain lands, talismans, Sol Ring, and more than 300 other lands can tap for colorless mana

The maximum deck size in Shandalar appears to have been 500

Its so iconic, it even got a throwback card in Modern Horizons with Deep Forest Hermit

Turning all your creatures into mana dorks sets up some explosive turns, especially paired with greens big card draw spells like Last March of the Ents and Rishkar's Expertise

Zaxara may be a modest 2/3, but it's not meant to be a beater

Even a body of this size might not be a game-ending threat at the Commander table, but it does offer green decks a backdoor way to convert lifegain into cards and other resources something it struggles to do compared to black