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Ramos, Dragon Engine Ramos, Dragon Engine is your typical 5-color commander

Hardlight Containment isnt Sheltered by Ghosts, but it is a way to keep removal off the back of your low-drop engine pieces or artifact creature Commanders while pressuring the early plays of opposing decks

Better yet, steal a blocker from someone else, chump with it, then untap Shackles and do it again the following turn

Pack a Retribution of the Ancients, Together Forever, or Blade of the Bloodchief to turn it up to eleven

However, being able to Fatal Push your opponents two-drop and then cast Bone Picker on your turn 2 is exceptionally powerful, and I expect Bone Picker to see play in black aggressive decks

Importantly, this is a rare, so its only in every 150 packs, because if it was an uncommon, it would be every 36 packs