While long since overshadowed in formats other than Pauper, Ninja of the Deep Hours is still a valuable tool for understanding the aims and needs of blue tempo everywhere
Cecil, Dark Knight / Cecil, Redeemed Paladin Besides its incredible, flavorful design (FFIV), Cecil, Dark Knight is also a very good black suicide aggro card as a 2/3 deathtouch creature with a little bit of a downside that you can turn into upside later
We do have sacrifices and creatures that trade in combat, so it definitely can happen, but theres a chance Noctis, Prince of Lucis isnt very effective, and at three colors it takes a lot to put Noctis into a deck in the first place
Another easy pair of card types are creatures and planeswalkers, due to the flavor reasoning that they both represent a character
Using Gramma Tala, you can Quest for Lore each turn while threatening your opponent with yet another card in your Inkwell should they choose to challenge her
This legendary Gruul Goblin was originally printed all the way back in 2008s Shadowmoor expansion, and it serves as another exceptional pairing with a Goblin commander thats focused on spell manipulation