In contrast, full-blown bans are intended to be more permanent and considered
Witherbloom Pestilence Another offering from Secrets of Strixhaven, Witherbloom Pestilence is all about sacrificng cards to power up other creatures, and in Dina, Essence Brewer, it has a one-card engine to do both with relative ease
A couple of cube worthy cards have some incidental energy but you don't really want them in your combo deck
Not only does it have far broader flavor freedom, but there are boundless possibilities for it
Plus, you can copy Helm of the Host, too
We were still in the middle of a run where red was getting shafted (at least from a Commander perspective) in nearly every set, so frustration levels were high