Forests tapping for two mana snowball absurdly fast, and animated lands suddenly become hasty attackers and blockers that dodge most sweepers
At first, this ability may seem quite inefficient, considering this Ivankov can't play itself with this ability, and we only have Emporio.Ivankov ST12-010, apart from him, in our deck.However, if we inspect this deck a little bit further, we'll notice that Monkey.D.Luffy OP02-062, besides being part of the Straw Hat Crew, also has the Impel Down type, and, as it costs 6, it can interact with Emporio.Ivankov OP02-051's ability!Monkey.D.Luffy OP02-062 is another happy surprise in this deck
16 Sephara, Sky's Blade One of the strongest things that you can do in commander is to mitigate mana cost in meaningful ways
I could have sworn I made it work once, but as of late, Shift does not appear to work
Only one player can be the monarch at a time, though, and that title can be taken if an opponent deals combat damage to the monarch