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Caring about the mana value of spells is a theme that runs in opposition to traditional Spellslinger strategies that want to chain together cheap, low-cost, and efficient instant and sorcery spells, and consistent token generation gives the deck a more impactful board presence to fend off attacks
If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter the battlefield at all
Some typal decks overlap with the spellcasting theme, namely Wizards and Merfolk, though you'll need to consciously run spells that can target your own permanents
For a Commander deck, I start with 8 packages of 8 cards
Before the rules were changed, unspent mana would deal one point of damage for each leftover mana as phases moved, as well as the fact that back in the day, having zero life didnt mean an automatic loss