You dont ever not want to play it, you dont have to choose whether or not to attack with it, you dont even have to choose when you want to cast it to get it down and get its effect
And with the release of Magic: The Gathering FINAL FANTASY, Modern's metagame has received an exciting infusion of new cards
Its a weird obsession, and Im not sure what it is about Magic cards that seem to trigger this in me, because Ive never collected anything else and I absolutely hate clutter
There is no common card that needed to be "played around" more than Ray of Command in Magic limited history, and the stories of getting 3-for-ones, 4-for-ones, or even 5- or 6-for-ones with Ray of Command were not unheard of
Given that connive, a keyword introduced as part of Streets of New Capenna back in 2022, is present on the face Commander, we wouldn't be too surprised to see it feature on some creature cards too, be that from the small pool of returning cards or brand-new cards to the set