mtg mono red commander deck MTG: 10 Best Cards For A Mono-Red Deck, Ranked The Ultimate Mono-Red Equipment EDH

and Lotus Petal and Chrome Mox are especially important, since they can get you started from nothing (unlike Tinder Wall, Rite of Flame, Pyretic Ritual, Desperate Ritual, and Seething Song, which all need mana to get you started)

The shock lands allow unique deck building to occur within standard as it provides a more stable mana base for decks to use

Preventing your spells from being countered allows many of your most powerful plays to go ahead unimpeded

I love morphing it up after being attacked and not just chump blocking but actually killing a number of these creatures that dare to attack me

Its still a decent card, though