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It might be likely that your opponent is playing a very basic creature deck, with not much to do with this extra mana

Even though its convoke cost means it's a little harder to pull off if you're already going wide with a full board of creatures, being able to flash it into play at any moment can come in clutch during board wipes or if you need to keep a commander alive for another round

That card has slowly risen in value to about $30, so we might expect Scythecat Cub to eventually settle at a similar figure, though obviously it's going to depend on the relative supply of the two cards

I wouldnt write Nghathrod off as an exclusively casual commander choice either: the ability to reanimate creatures OR artifacts for zero mana every single turn is a lot of easy value