These effects are particularly popular in decks with many small creatures, like Edric, Spymaster of Trest, Anowon, the Ruin Thief, and Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
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He essentially turns all of your triggers and cantrips into four cards, which is a substantial upgrade
So to recap, your flicker payoff commander needs to have: Access to white or blue in its color identity (ideally both) A mana cost that is as low as possible, ideally not exceeding 6 mana Minimal or zero setup for collecting our flicker effects payoff An effect that creates the best possible payoff when using our flicker spells Ready to see which commanders have the payoffs best suited to lead your flicker deck to victory
Gaea's Blessing (T1, Ext, S, Block) Technically a cantrip, Gaea's Blessing puts your best cards back into your deck (or your opponent's cards into his deck), plus gives you a chance to draw them back
It's just a midlevel 4-drop that isn't awful, but is never great