Black Taps into Unparalleled Efficiency with Cultist of the Absolute Cultist of the Absolute has the coolest name in the set, but it's also the lowest-cost background
This is said to prevent beginners with limited resources from being matched against optimized, powerful decks, and to make it harder for powerful decks to dominate the game, thereby reducing the need for bans
There are a few ways to avoid relying on your commander
The rest of the deck utilizes Hallar in cool ways, like Snake Umbra drawing us a card for each opponent Hallar burns, Chandra's Incinerator which turns Hallar's burn into creature removal, Return of the Wildspeaker instant speed hand refill with Hallar, and Dictate of the Twin Gods which can double Hallar's damage output
The set doesnt historically launch at the same time globally and can be staggered out across several months