mtg commander decks aetherdrift Magic: The Gathering Deck this display represents a valuable asset with its foil cards and exclusive design Magic: The Gathering Aetherdrift Commander

Once the color is chosen, it's too late for players to respond

It might be that outside of decks with Humans, Dire Tactics is good but just not quite as good as other options in the format that either cost less (in mana and life) or are more flexible (exiling non-creature permanents along with creatures)

This can throw an opponent off guard with an awkward attack, which will still result in the creatures death, or a convoke spell that they were saving for later

If you gain control of another player's permanent and it phases out, if the duration of the control-change effect expires before it phases in, that permanent phases in under that other player's control as your next untap step begins

There are other damage sources to defeat your opponents in this deck in other ways as well