mtg gruul commander precon March of the Machine: Highlights Top Gruul Commanders | EDHREC

I wanted to start this series off with Slivers for several reasons

Beetleback Chief goes more in a Goblin kindred strategy, which is fine, but not synergistic with the rest of the deck

4 From Beyond From Beyond, and its little sibling Awakening Zone, fill similar roles, and youll likely want both in your deck, but From Beyond has some extra utility tacked on to it, making it slightly better long term

the Kaalia of the Vast decks of old leaned hard into this, running all of the mana rocks they could to ensure an early Kaalia

Nothing fancy, but evoke makes sure it gets the job done at two different points on your curve

It follows, then, that protection from everything is profoundly powerful, as it means "this card can't be blocked, targeted, enchanted, or damaged by anything." A Creature with protection from everything can't be blocked, can't be targeted by Lightning Bolt or Slice from the Shadows, and can't be locked down by a Pacifism or Icy Manipulator