Gardevoir ex definitely derives a lot of its strength from its family: Kirlia SIT has the fantastic Refinement Ability that makes it a draw engine on par with Zoroark-GX, and you have the option to run a Kirlia CRE to use Mirage Step if you couldnt play a bunch of Ralts on your first turn

Prowl in blue-black, for rogues sneaking around and trying to make the most out of what they steal Bloodthirst in black-red, for violent monsters that get worse when youre suffering Monstrosity in red-green, for creatures that experience something and snap Wither in green-white, for injuries that make you struggle to fight back Afterlife in white-black, for creatures whose deaths rouse angry ghosts Vanishing in blue-red, to represent things that are slowly melting out of reality Scavenge in black-green to represent, well, scavengeable things Living weapon in red-white, representing masks that are infected with a virus that coagulates a self if you dont provide one Emerge in green-blue, to represent magic that involves using meat to make magic work in uh, unsafe ways And heres the cards:
Lord Xander, the Collector: Xander is probably one of the first Grixis commanders to appeal to me
With The Brothers War , we enjoy the return of the Unearth mechanic, first introduced in 2008s Shards of Alara
Perennation $10.59 Its expensive as a 6-mana spell, but Perennation is one of the best reanimation spells Ive seen, at least to get one creature back