instead, you cast it on your own indestructible land to fizzle the destruction effect while you draw a card and ramp your mana base
Eastfarthing Farmer isnt powerful enough of a card to normally make it in a Commander deck, but because its a Halfling that cares about Food, and because the artwork looks a lot like my friend Shivam Bhatt from the Commander Advisory Group, its got a place in the deck, especially since I have a foil copy
The SR version (OP11-067 Parallel, $27-39) combines strong [Blocker] defensive capability with [End of Your Turn] effect activating multiple Big Mom Pirates characters, making it tournament staple
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But in a Rakdos madness deck or in an Izzet deck where you have real card draw, Ive had Firestorm just totally turn the tide
I am running Toski, Bearer of Secrets and In Search of Greatness, which features Toski in the artwork