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This deck is likely most structurally similar to Affinity in that it has a similar clock and similarly cares a lot about the extent to which opposing sideboards are targeting it (though its less extreme than Affinity here)

For cube Lava Spike is just too narrow to be a good card, you want your damage spells to be as versatile and universally playable as possible and that is not what Spike does well

But it's an easy recommendation for any Commander deck running green and black

The main change is that their level 3 mana costs were reduced from 5 mana to 3 to be more viable in MTGA formats like Historic, Alchemy, and Brawl

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