mtg lotr commander decks elven council MTG: The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle-Earth [Set Ideal for collectors and strategic players who love MTG and Tolkien. Mtg Elven Council

Exiling a problematic permanent for five mana and then making the opponents non-creature spells cost a bit more is not worth it

If you also chose the last mode once or twice, you won't draw any cards

They likely thought it would be cool to have a card that lets you look at others based on your devotion count and randomly provide a win condition when the threshold is met

Avenger of Zendikar The forest rose up and took the battle into its own hands

The alternate name has no effect on gameplay. If you put Thrum of the Vestige in your Commander deck, you're in fact putting in a Lightning Bolt as far as singleton deckbuilding rules go

There is a chance they could get reskinned into something else in Magic, or show up very occasionally for flavor reasons