A lot of the Tyranids in this deck have X in their casting cost and come with a new keyword ability called ravenous. Ravenous has the same text as you see on tons of hydra creatures, saying that they enter the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on them
You dont want to make a call like Scrooge McDuck is going to change the game because youll probably end up looking foolish a month from now
There's no great way to go Pirate tribal, and there's not really a tribe to Fiery anyway, so we're kind of stuck
Its a very roundabout way to say, Grist, the Hunger Tide can be your commander, but this wording also lets you reanimate Grist with creature reanimation abilities, grab Grist from your library with creature tutors, and drop it from your hand with abilities like Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
Replication Technique technically puts you ahead, but you're better off not giving your opponents anything
It goes from 0 to 40 out of nowhere, generating absurd amounts of mana when paired with the right burn spells or attackers