I love her character and every time I play through, I always prioritize leveling up Fran first
My big three principles for good beginner commanders are that you want less text, fewer colors, and more typal support
On the flipside, you do get Menace, and hes a two-power Legendary, meaning he slots into a bunch of the sweet Mardu brews, from Alesha to Terra
Fog + Holy Day + Darkness Ive talked down about Fog and similar effects like Holy Day and Darkness, but they have one advantage over many cards that introduce modality or add more text to prevent all combat damage: Theyre incredibly efficient
Between all four slots, there are 236 different cards your players can open in a promo pack
cEDH decks leverage their high life total and extremely low-mana curve decks to draw some thirty cards while 20-life formats like Modern rely on cards like Angel's Grace to survive a negative life total No matter when this is used, expect it to be unfair