It's also a partner commander, so you can sacrifice your other commander to draw cards, which means youll probably want to partner it with a low mana value commander like Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh or Thrasios, Triton Hero
Leaving things up to chance against Cauldron is a bad move, especially when established strategies like Dimir Midrange are failing to beat it even with refined lists
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Its meant for triggers that are set to happen before your draw step and open up the opportunity for players to cast spells and activate other abilities before a players draw step, but after theyve untapped
He would typically Necropotence up extra just so he could brain his opponent with the Firestorm, recognizing that a delta of one life point on his part could equate to 5 or 6 damage as he discarded his hand
You can take care of aggro threats with board wipes like Crippling Fear, or counter early- and late-game spells with cards like Counterspell