mtg lifegain commander deck Magic: The Gathering 60-Card Theme Mint / near mint condition trading card The 8 Best Lifegain MTG

Its a good addition to aggressive decks if you rely on lizard-typal synergies

It turns something of an opponents and something of yours into a treasure

Interestingly, the deck's MTG commander Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls doesn't synergize with Great Unclean One at all

Was it worth it

Unlike equipment commanders that only get around equip costs, Nahiri is a planeswalker commander that works well with expensive equipment like Kaldra Compleat and Batterskull

However, it's effectively providing a consistent card draw, which is essential for control decks , and if you can get it down on turn one, you can activate the card draw ability on your opponent's turn to have eight cards in hand, then give yourself leeway to play two cards per turn and keep activating it for an additional card draw