Now, one mana Artifacts generally do a lot of good, even if its not immediately obvious what the good is
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However, you only really need one of this card, and if you have a duplicate, its better off dismantling it
Unless he's crunching a lot of numbers to optimize his odds, he's investing a lot more effort than it normally does to build a Deck
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Elven Council Commander Deck set includes 1 ready-to-play Green-Blue deck of 100 Magic cards (2 Traditional Foil Legendary Creature cards, 98 nonfoil cards), a 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack (contains 1 Traditional Foil or nonfoil special treatment card of rarity Rare or higher and 1 Traditional Foil special treatment Common or Uncommon card), 1 foil-etched Display Commander (a thick cardstock copy of the commander card with foil etched into the card's border and art), 10 double-sided tokens, 1 Helper card, 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards), 1 Life Wheel, 1 strategy insert, and 1 reference card