Cathar Commando is absolutely wild for a common in a Standard set
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You'll need a deck that can make use of your milled cards to get the full value out of Palantr of Orthanc (above all early on, when your opponent is unlikely to let you draw), but once the counters start piling up the Palantrs often a free card per turn
Opponents wont know whats coming, and you avoid sorcery-speed board wipes