Both decks also lack strong finishing strategies that are sometimes required to end commander games
Firebending rewards you for attacking by generating red mana during combat, which means cards like Firebending Student, Fire Nation Cadets, and Boiling Rock Rioter turn every swing into extra fuel for tricks, removal, or activations
Denying the Draw As most players understand it, the rule about acting on an opponent's turn is to do so as early as possible
Self-fueling engines like this demon mercenary need very little material to go off, and Rakdos, the Muscle almost certainly will since it can protect itself with indestructible
As long as theyre in play, any Red source you control that deals damage to an opponent or a permanent they control deals an extra two damage