Folks are buying cards that feel like safe holds in their favorite format, and social distancing doesnt seem to be preventing anyone from brewing up Commander decks for video play or in preparation for the lockdown to be over
Other theft payoffs reward you for controlling or attacking with opposing creatures, like Thieving Amalgam and The Beast, Deathless Prince
In summary here, this is certainly a more complicated deck to run than the Ruby and Amethyst deck, but it is - in my opinion - way more powerful
Teferis Protection became their proof-of-concept and the flagbearer for everything phasing could become in the Magic of the future
Tutors Open the Armory, Idyllic Tutor, and Demonic Tutor are the cheapest main ways to tutor your enchantments at sorcery speed, while Enlightened Tutor accomplish a similar role at instant speed, but at the cost of not giving you the card right away
Due to their often higher mana costs and splashy effects, many of the more modern Hydras have bypassed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, and were printed directly into Commander sets