Skipped chapters don't trigger.) Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.) As a Saga with read ahead enters the battlefield, its controller chooses a number from one to that Saga's greatest chapter number
Is it a great backup plan
In later turns, I will be able to play more land to the table (if I draw it into my hand!) and play more powerful spells, but if I dont have a good variety of spells at a wide variety of costs, my opponent will be able to beat me before I can even get enough lands to the table to cast my spells
A more recent version of monoblack control is Danish player Jimmi Kristiansen's sweet deck from n00bcon 6: One route to take is the suicide school, which heavily utilizes Greed to generate card advantage and overwhelm the opponent
But it's also playable in white or green decks, working as a pseudo-hybrid card
Weenie token hordes or elfball mana dorks